Classify them

Sir, - Commercially run homes house poorly-assessed mentally ill patients with scant respect for their safety. There is a distinction between such homes and those that are run free. Whereas the latter fulfil a societal obligation the former promise a service and hence need to be regulated and classified into a category which would invite punitive action when there is a breach of service or some negligence.

What is surprising is the lack of interest on this on the part of human rights activists.

Mushtaqh Ali,

Chennai

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