bengaluru the national institute of mental health and neurosciences nimhans should adopt modern technology to improve efficiencies in all its centres president pranab mukherjee has said speaking at the launch of nimhans heritage museum in bengaluru on tuesday president mukherjee suggested the faculty to take up ehospital management it is only appropriate that nimhans located in the it city of bengaluru should adopt modern computerbased hospital information systems to improve efficiencies in all its centres the use of information technology to invigorate health care delivery also helps in reducing costs optimising resource management and minimising paper work the ehospital and eproject programmes taken up by nimhans are therefore excellent initiatives worthy of emulation by other institutions he said he dedicated nimhans to the nation as an institute of national importance he also inaugurated the magneto encephalography research center stressing upon the need to include mental health in the general healthcase he said that today there is an increasing realization all over the world that there can be no health without mental health our countrys first comprehensive mental health policy was notified only as recently as last october on the occasion of world mental health day i am glad to note that it covers several aspects of mental health including the rights of the mentally ill the need to provide support to care givers decriminalization of suicide and other progressive policy initiatives the policy supported by the mental health action plan 365 spells out the specific roles of the central government the state governments local bodies and civil society he said he further added that a bill on mental healthcare currently under consideration in parliament also seeks to provide a robust legislative framework that assures standardised mental health services