Admission Procedure to Villas

1. Male Villas Complex has 33 beds capacity and Female Villas Complex has 35 bed capacity.

2. Villas Wards are subsidized paying wards that will accept patients only up to the maximum bed capacity allocated to the Villas

3. If a family wishes to admit a patient to the Villas they should give a written request to the Director.

4. This request should carry the recommendation of the relevant area based Consultant Psychiatrist of the NIMH.

5. Coordination of getting the recommendation of the Consultant should be done by the Psychiatric

Social Worker of the Unit.

6. Upon receiving the letter of request with due recommendation the patient will be put to a waiting list.

Male and Female Villas waiting lists will be maintained separately.

7. The waiting list for the Villas will be strictly adhered to and any decision to bypass the waiting list will require the approval of the Director and the Board of Consultants of NIMH.

8. Patients with Learning Disability will not be admitted to Villas.

9. Patients who require palliative and one to one care will not be admitted to Villas.

10. Patients will be managed as open home based care at Villas and as such patients with major risks will not be kept at Villas.

11. Villas are best suited for low to medium income families as a subsidized long term care unit.

12. Consultant Psychiatrist may request review of patient, home setting as well as recommendation from

Divisional Secretariat before recommending admission to Villas.

13. Next of Kin must ensure continuity of payment as well as supply of other drugs/ consumables as determined by the institution.

14. Villa stay must be reviewed every 05 years and patients who would benefit from going home should be released.

15. Villa admissions must be kept as Voluntary Admissions.