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{{Infobox hospital
| name = Institute of Mental Health (Government Mental Hospital)
| org_group = [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]]
| image = File:VSIMH-2.jpg
| caption = Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar
| logo = 
| location = [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
| country = [[India]]
| healthcare = Public
| type = Speciality
| specialty = Mental Health
| emergency = yes
| affiliation = Punjab Health Systems Corporation
| beds = 450
| founded = 1900
| closed = 
| website = {{URL| http://www.imhamritsar.org/ |imhamritsar.org}}
| other_links = 
}}

'''Institute of Mental Health, Amritsar''' also known as Dr. Vidyasagar Government Mental Hospital is [[Public hospital|public]] [[Psychiatric hospital|mental health]] institution and hospital run by [[Government of Punjab, India|Government of Punjab]], located at circular road, [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=98402|title=Mental Health Hospitals|website=pib.gov.in|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/jan-aushadhi-at-mental-health-institute-soon-711973|title=Jan Aushadhi at mental health institute soon|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=The Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/no-mental-health-rules-punjab-waits-for-centre-to-issue-classification-of-institutions/articleshow/69919784.cms|title=No mental health rules, Punjab waits for Centre to issue classification of institutions|last=Kumar|first=Vinod|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> It serves the [[mental health]] patients from Punjab, [[Haryana]], [[Himachal Pradesh]] and other neighboring states.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/offtrack/story/20050523-psychiatrist-turns-run-down-mental-hospital-in-amritsar-into-institute-of-repute-787585-2005-05-23|title=Psychiatrist turns run-down mental hospital in Amritsar into institute of repute|last= VINAYAK|first=RAMESH|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sikh24.com/2015/06/25/prof-davinderpal-singh-bhullar-referred-to-hospital-of-mental-health/|title=Prof. Davinderpal Singh Bhullar referred to Hospital of Mental Health|website=Sikh24.com|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rdsoberliving.com/|title=Sober Recovery Housing|website=Rdsoberliving.com|access-date=2025-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/missing-in-hardoi-found-in-lahore/1111397/|title=Missing in Hardoi, Found in Lahore - Indian Express|website=Indian Express|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2125/stories/20041217005003000.htm|title=Tale of an undertrial|website=Frontline|access-date=2020-01-13}}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others-do-not-use/17-years-on-bengal-man-unites-with-wife-in-amritsar-hospital/|title=17 years on, Bengal man unites with wife in Amritsar hospital|date=2012-07-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> Dr Savinder Singh is current in-charge of the Dr. Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/dr-burnout-595562|title=Dr Burnout|last=Gill|first=Manmeet Singh|website=The Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

==History==
Established originally at Lahore in 1900, shifted at Amritsar in 1947 after [[Partition of India|Partition of Punjab]] when non-Muslim patients were transferred here. Punjab police has duty of shifting mentally ill patients roaming on roads to the institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribuneindia.com/2014/20140221/asrtrib.htm#6|title=Police fail to shift mentally challenged to hospital|website=The Tribune|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref> In 2008, 100 acres of lawns land of hospital was transferred to Taj Swarna hotel in Trilium Mall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/article/745297/punjabs-biggest-challenges-not-khalistan-but-political-corruption-static-agriculture-and-drugs|title=Punjab's biggest challenges: Not Khalistan but political corruption, static agriculture and drugs|last=Yadav|first=Anumeha|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/archive/five-star-hotel-to-come-up-on-mental-asylum-land/332500/|title=Five star hotel to come up on mental asylum land|date=2008-07-09|website=The Financial Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

== Shaheed Madan Lal Dhingra Memorial School of Nursing ==
School of Nursing at Dr. Vidyasagar Government Mental Hospital provides General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and BSc Nursing courses<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/675-appear-for-gnm-counselling-463946|title=675 appear for GNM counselling|last=Service|first=Tribune News|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en|access-date=2020-01-12}}</ref> with hostel facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/4-boys-intrude-into-girls’-hostel-93106|title=4 boys intrude into girls' hostel|last=Jaiswar|first=PK|website=The Tribune|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

==Notable people==
*Dr. Vidya Sagar, in 1957, improved the hospital with some changes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/how-community-mental-health-can-be-the-answer-to-indias-growing-mental-health-crisis-6877251.html|title=How community mental health can be the answer to India's growing mental health crisis|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>
*Dr. B L Goel, Hospital Director in early 2000s<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2002/sep/08punj.htm|title=Mentally challenged women beaten up in Amritsar hospital|website=Rediff.com|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/home/woman-patient-of-a-punjab-mental-hospital-molested_287674.html|title=Woman patient of a Punjab mental hospital molested|date=2006-04-11|website=Zee News|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Sentence-proves-trying-for-mentally-ill-convict/articleshow/15301442.cms|title=Sentence proves trying for mentally ill convict|last=Rana|first=Yudhvir|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-01-13}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Institute of Mental Health and Hospital]], [[Agra]]
*[[Vidyasagar Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.imhamritsar.org/ Official website]

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Jugnu at 00:03, 2 May 2026