patna in an alarming trend has emerged as world observed health day on thursday bihar has been witnessing an annual increase of around 30 of people suffering from mental disorders since 2012 according to the state health department an increment of 30 the number of patients with mental disorders is seen every at mental hospital pramod singh in charge director koilwar mental hospital told on thursday he added that the hospital s patient department has registered than 50000 this year singh who is the head of psychiatry department at patna medical college and pmch added that the increase in number of cases of from mental can attributed more awareness and people in seeking medical help for mental health the opd at koilwar mental hospital used to only around 14000 15000 patients every year till the year 2012 he said which has been steadily by around 30 every year the koilwar hospital started functioning the of old hospital after the state government issued a in 2005 for running the hospital and services from the campus singh said to accommodate rising cases of mental disorders in the state a modern hospital is being on the campus which have a total capacity of beds but will begin with 272 beds in the first the new hospital is being per the needs of patients from mental illness and we the first phase of the hospital to become functional in two a half year added pramod said around 70 to 90 people also psychiatry department of pmch even indira gandhi institute of medical sciences igims nalanda medical college and hospital igims have psychiatry departments where 50 to 80 people visit daily on an average apart from institutes people also go to private singh said adding over one crore in the state are suffering from various problems he there 70 psychiatrists the state and this number was less than the requirement a seminar on mental health was organised at the magadh mahila college thursday on the occasion of world mental health day during which were given online counselling by doctors bangalore based national institute of mental health and neurosciences and were told about the symptoms and solutions programme officer mental health n sinha asked students to discuss issue related to mental health openly with their parents and friends government is trying to organise mental health programmes in all districts of state he said talking to toi sinha said mental health a issue and kids are under immense pressure now a days was mostly because of pressuring them to focus on a may not be very academics but can be a good musician compel them to study and their hobby leaves impact on their mental said sinha