Mental Health

Inside Ranchi’s Psychiatric Hospital: Daily Life Beyond the Wards

At the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, the day unfolds in measured steps. In the male ward, a patient sits quietly, another shows the name inked into his skin. Across in the female ward, one applies makeup, another weaves a mat. Some gather around a Ludo board, others take turns on the swing. Plates are stacked after dinner, ward numbers mark the paths, and patients walk back to their sleeping areas. It is a place where routine shapes the hours, and moments pass without hurry.

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A psychiatric patient sitting in a male ward at Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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A patient shows his name tattooed on his hand at Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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A psychiatric patient is occupied with making a mat in the femail ward at Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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A patient with mental illness is doing her make-up in the female ward of Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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Psychiatric patients are enjoying a good time with the swing.

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General view of a female ward at Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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Ludo playing has been a popular activity among psychiatric patients at the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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Plates are stored after dinner at the Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences in Ranchi.

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A signboard displaying the ward number is located in the hospital compound in Ranchi.

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Patients are going to their respective sleeping area in a female ward

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