Palluruthy Relief Settlement
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Palluruthy Relief Settlement is a rehabilitation shelter under the Cochin Vagrancy Act. for vagrant and destitute , managed by Corporation of Cochin (Kerala
state, India) in association with Peoples Council for Social Justice (PCSJ), (Valanjambalam, South Cochin). Now there are about 300 inmates and many of them are mentally ill. They belong to various parts of the India and brought to PRS by local police and social workers.
It is located at Pallurthy Veli in Eranakulam District of Kerala
State. The staff consists of one superintend, medical officer (doctor), social worker and a team of nurses and attainders. The inmates enjoy freedom to a great extend inside the Settlement and also participate in the daily works. There is a vocational training unit with an instructor and the profit of the products made by this unit are usually given to the inmates.
PRS was started by the Maharaja of Cochin in the year 1941 as a camp or shelter for beggars. In the last decade there is a remarkable improvement in the overall functioning of PRS and the local and even international community is closely associating with various programmes. PRS is successful in psychiatric rehabilitation
of many inmates and sending back to their homes.
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
state, India) in association with Peoples Council for Social Justice (PCSJ), (Valanjambalam, South Cochin). Now there are about 300 inmates and many of them are mentally ill. They belong to various parts of the India and brought to PRS by local police and social workers.
It is located at Pallurthy Veli in Eranakulam District of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
State. The staff consists of one superintend, medical officer (doctor), social worker and a team of nurses and attainders. The inmates enjoy freedom to a great extend inside the Settlement and also participate in the daily works. There is a vocational training unit with an instructor and the profit of the products made by this unit are usually given to the inmates.
PRS was started by the Maharaja of Cochin in the year 1941 as a camp or shelter for beggars. In the last decade there is a remarkable improvement in the overall functioning of PRS and the local and even international community is closely associating with various programmes. PRS is successful in psychiatric rehabilitation
Psychiatric rehabilitation
Psychiatric rehabilitation, also known as psychosocial rehabilitation, and usually simplified to psych rehab, is the process of restoration of community functioning and well-being of an individual who has a psychiatric disability...
of many inmates and sending back to their homes.