The Supreme Court told the Maharashtra government to discontinue its practice of shifting patients in mental institutions into beggars homes. While reports detailed this, they also said that several persons continued to be in mental health institutions even after treatment and when cured because of the prevalent stigma. Sometimes they were fit to be discharged but did not go home and were put into other shelters. The Court also pointed out that inmates of these mental institutions need to be vaccinated.

We will concentrate on the vaccinated part first as that is of vital importance. Inmates of not just these homes, but shelters elsewhere need to be vaccinated. If seniors, most of them should have taken both their jabs by now. Officials need to take onus for this. If families are in the vicinity or do visit, they have to liaise with the shelter in-charge about vaccines.