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Cleanliness to me includes three things : discrimination, organization and spiriturality Cleanliness is the basic path to experience God. Read Mahatma Gandhi's view here:  http://www.gandhi-manibhavan.org/gandhiphilosophy/philosophy_environment_sanitation.htm   What Jesus said: "Isaiah 1:16English Standard Version (ESV) 16 Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; ... See More 42 mins  ·  Like D Dutta Roy   2 Corinthians 7:1English Standard Version (ESV) 7 Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body[a] and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God. ... See More 37 mins  ·  Like D Dutta Roy   Jeremiah 4:14 Verse Concepts Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you? ... See More 16 Bible verses about Cleanliness, Metaphorical Use Isaiah 4:4 - When the Lord has washed awa

Symposium on Mental health care insurance (24th Feb, 2014)

Importance of Mental health care insurance D. Dutta Roy ISI., Kolkata Number of new policies in health insurance is growing after privatization. It mainly covers general health insurance rather mental health care insurance (MHCI) though World Health Organization predicted 20% growth of mental illness in India. There is no systematic study on insurance needs of the beneficiaries. As a result, many mentally ill people are under-insured or non-insured. This  causes difficulty to provide adequate mental health care through systematic insurance policies and schemes. On the other hand they are stigmatized by the society and sometimes they are abused. Abuse aggravates the severity of the symptoms.   Mental health care system in India is plagued with lot of stigma still now. Major stigma is collective unwillingness of society to provide adequate financial assistance to the mentally ill people. Again, this causes serious sufferings on family members of the mentally ill. One good family is