Contact Us:
Medico-Pastoral Association
47, Pottery Road,
Frazer Town,
Bangalore 560 005.
Phone: +91 80 25477375
+91 80 25492934
Email: info@mpa.org.in
Website: www.mpa.org.in
Admissions
Persons who may want to use the residential / daycare facilities of the MPA are encouraged to first visit the MPA.
The Admission form must be purchased from the office and completed. Alternatively the form may be downloaded and the charges paid at the time of submitting. This includes:
1. One proforma to be completed by the patient or a close relative who is seeking admission on behalf of a patient. It is imperative that the photograph of the patient be affixed before admission is considered.
2. One proforma for acceptance of the conditions pertaining to the admission.
3. One proforma to be completed by the treating psychiatrist.
The completed form may then be presented for review by one of the following panel of our consultant psychiatrists:
At Abhaya Hospital, No.17, Dr. M. H. Mari Gowda Road, Wilson Garden, Bangalore.
Dr. A. Jagadish, Psychiatric Department,
Ph Nos: Hospital - 26563865, 26564586;
Psychiatric Dept. -9945599827;
Dr.A. Jagadish - 9844059066
Consulting hours: Monday to Saturday (excluding Friday evening) 11.00 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.
Appointments given from 10.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m., 6.00 p.m. to 7.30 p.m. from Monday to Saturday.
At Amarjyothi Nursing Home, CMH Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore – 560 038.
Dr. B. R. Ravishankar
Ph. No. Dr. B. R. Ravishankar – 9845006314
Consulting hours: 12.00 noon to 1.30 p.m. and 6.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. from Monday to Saturday.
At St. Martha's Hospital, Nrupathunga Road, Bangalore.
Dr. B. R. Madhukar - Psychiatry OPD - Monday to Saturday - 9.00 am. to 11 am.
Dr. Ajit Bhide - Psychiatry OPD - Monday, Wednesday, Friday - 9.00 am. to 11 am.
At Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Millers Road, Vasantha Nagar, Bangalore.
Dr.J.W.Sabhaney - Monday - 3.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
At Santosh Hospital, #6/1 Promenande Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore.
Dr.J.W.Sabhaney - Monday - 11.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m.
At NIMHANS, Hosur Road, Bangalore
Dr. Mathew Verghese - Psychiatry OPD -Tuesday and Wednesday 9.30 am to 1 pm
Dr. Shekhar Seshadri - Children's Guidance Clinic- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9 am to 1 pm
At Bangalore Hospital, 202 Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road, Basavanagudi, Bangalore.
DR.T.Murali - Monday to Wednesday - 9.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m.
At St. John's Medical College &Hospital, Sarjapur Road, Bangalore
Dr. M.V. Ashok - Psychiatry OPD -Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9 am to 12.30 pm
At Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences, K.R. Road, V.V.Puram, Bangalore
Dr. R. Raghuram - Psychiatry OPD - Monday to Saturday 11.00 am to 1 pm
Dr. Lakshmi Pandit - Psychiatry OPD - Monday to Friday 2 pm to 4 pm
On recommendation for admission by the consultant psychiatrist, the admission will be formalized by the Administrator in consultation with Clinical Manager and this has to finally be endorsed by the Honorary secretary. In the event of non-availability of a facility, the application may wait listed. The Honorary Secretary reserves the right to refuse admission to any applicant and is not obliged to assign any reason for the refusal to the applicant or to the family.
For clearance, the patient must be taken to any one of the psychiatrists listed, along with the completed Application Form and the Psychiatrist's Report (the formats are given under Application for Admission)
Who is a suitable candidate for admission to the MPA facilities?
a) The client is functional enough to participate in the programmes.
b)The client is able to take care of personal hygiene. The client is able to follow the rules of the Half-Way Home
c) The client is motivated to stay after being briefed on the Half-Way Home.
Once admission has been endorsed by the Secretary, the candidate is admitted on a trial basis for two weeks. Admission is confirmed upon review by the Secretary, the Administrator and the Clinical Manager.
Family participation
- We emphasize active family participation to ensure continuity of skills learnt at HWH to the home and family situation when the client returns to his / her own home.
- Families are required to attend sessions once a month on the last Saturday of every month from 03:30 p.m. to 05:00 p.m. These sessions cover information regarding illness, medication, management of illness, etc. Additional sessions will be scheduled with particular Counsellor at mutually convenient dates and times.
- MPA offers on Campus accommodation for families for brief periods.The facility is made available on a first come first serve basis and has to be booked in advance. It is provided when families need to be in MPA to work actively with the staff towards rehabilitation goals of their ward.
For Patients from Outside Bangalore
- All patients must be registered with a local psychiatrist / hospital with psychiatric facility. The choice of local consultant / hospital is left to the guardians seeking admission at MPA, and must be clearly communicated to MPA at the time of admission.
- A responsible adult local guardian must be named, and preferably introduced to Administrator, Clinical Manager and Senior Counselor. The local guardian need not be a relative of the patient
- The Local Guardian must give his / her consent to perform this role. The Local Guardian is expected to take the patient regularly for psychiatric review, and in the event of any emergency or calamity to provide for moving the patient to suitable care.
- If it is absolutely not possible for admitting guardian to name a Local Guardian, the Honorary Secretary may be approached. He / she will then have to be designated as Local Guardian by the admitting guardian and the Honorary Secretary then depute one of the staff to perform caretaker duties. This may be against the payment of Rs.250/- only for every trip to take the patient for psychiatric or medical consultation. Please note that this does not cover the cost of consultation or treatment. This will have to be separately met.
- Local Guardian is also encouraged to take the residents for outings or for a weekend with the permission of Administrator, Clinical Manager and Senior Counselor.
SOME INFORMATION:
- At MPA, the House Parents administer all medication according to the Doctor's prescription. At the time of admission, a current prescription has to be submitted. A list of articles required for HWH should be collected along with the application form. Kindly bring along all the articles mentioned at the time of admission.
- Both vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals are provided. Smoking is reluctantly permitted within reason limits and only at certain times during the day.
- Please note that we are committed to providing effective rehabilitation services in a home-like atmosphere but we need co-operation from the family, so make sure that you are ready to participate in our programmes before you fill out the application form.
- In case of a temporary discharge from the Half-Way Home or Navajeevan Hostel for admission in another nursing home or hospital, a place may be reserved for a resident, depending on vacancies. For re-admission to the Half-Way Home or Navajeevan Hostel, residents may have to apply again; this will be at the discretion of the Honorary Secretary and Administrator .
- NO new admissions are made on a Friday.
- No admissions are available for persons whose primary problem is alcohol or narcotic substance dependence.
- Please submit to the MPA Office, the completed Application forms along with the Psychiatrist's report and a clearance, so that you can be put on a waiting list. As soon as there is vacancy, you will be contacted and a date and time for the formal interview will be decided on.
Please note that it is essential for the applicant to be willing to stay at MPA - according to our terms and conditions, given in the application form and explained in detail at the time of interview.