Mental health patients train for spl olympics
While two inmates — a man and a woman — will take part in volleyball, another inmate will participate in bocce ball. One outpatient, who visits the hospital every day for training, will take part in the long jump event, doctors said.
The hospital began imparting sports training to inmates in 2020 when a para-athlete, Manikandan, joined the hospital as an accountant. "He told us that with training, some of our inmates can take part in the special and paralympics," said Dr Sangeetha, who works in the sports therapy department of the hospital.
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Since then, the hospital has trained at least 50 patients in 400m and 1,500m races, shot put, long jump, and other games.
On Monday, dressed in tracks and T-shirts, these patients lined up to meet health minister Ma Subramanian with their certificates and medals. "Among them, 20 progressed to the state and national levels. We are planning to train them for the 2028 Paralympics," she added.
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