Impact
Impact
Antara has hugely impacted on the people living in South 24 Paraganas District & Southern parts of Kolkata City.
On an average, 25 new psychiatric patients attend ANTARA on every OPD day (Monday to Saturday).
The total number of cases in F.Y 2017-18 had been 5867.
ANTARA has also made very positive impact on the people helping them to change their views on mental health & mental illness bringing about a very helpful attitude among people towards persons suffering from mental disorders.
Statistics showing the number of Patients served by ANTARA during the year 2018-19:
| ANTARA in the Past Year Glimpses | |
| Number of new patients enrolled in the OPD: | 5,161 |
| Number of follow up cases that has attended the OPD: | 34,271 |
| Number of patients hospitalised: | 1793 |
| – MC Ward (Sub-acute Ward for Men): | New Admission – 257 |
| – CRS Ward (Acute Ward for Men): | New Admission – 268 |
| – MTC Ward (De-addiction Ward for Men): | New Admission – 191 |
| – LICI Ward (Cabin/Shared rooms): | New Admission – 78 |
| – KAC Ward(Acute Ward for Women): | New Admission – 244 |
| – ICCO Ward (Sub-acute Ward for Men): | New Admission – 194 |
| – Rehabilitation Ward for Women: | New Admission – 89 |
| – Rehabilitation Ward for Men: | New Admission – 121 |
| – Children’s Ward: | New Admission – 35 |
| Number of Homeless Patients admitted during the year 2018-19: | 38 |
| Amount of Concession provided during the year for In-door Patients: | Rs.3393749 |
| (The mentioned amount is only for the people who got discharge. There are many homeless patients who are with ANTARA and have not been discharged yet) | |
| Number of Free Patients admitted in ANTARA during the year 2018-19 | 69 |
| Amount of Concession provided for medicines at ANTARA during the period: | Rs.4822746 |
| Amount of concession on Registration Charges and consultation Fees: | Rs.2463452 |
| ( The Figure mentioned includes Registration, Consultation, Psycho-Assessment Test done in the OPD on either concession or totally free) | |
| No. of Community Based Programme during the year: | 50 |
| No. of Training Programmes to Nursing Colleges/Schools | 24 |
Volunteers trained by ANTARA visited 65,000 households in South 24 Parganas District to reach Mental Health Awareness to the people at Grass-Roots labels.
ANTARA has been empanelled under West Bengal Health Scheme and has been recognized as CLASS I Uni-speciality Psychiatric Hospital.