Hello, thought to use this platform to get clarification on a query. When we conduct a mental health act assessment and patient agrees to come to hospital (informally or under MHA); in many places, the nursing team suggests to keep the patient under section 136 until a bed is found, so the police w…

Dear Avijit Section 136(2) says: 'A person removed to, or kept at a place of safety under this section may be detained there for a period not exceeding [the permitted period of detention] for the purpose of enabling him to be examined by a registered medical practitoner and to be intervirewed by an…

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