TWINNING PROJECT: SIR COWASJEE JEHANGIR INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY/BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES PAKISTAN & THE STATE HOSPITAL CARSTAIRS SCOTLAND

Abstract

Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry Jehangir Institute of Psychiatry is a hospital located in Latifabad suburb of the city of Hyderabad, in Sindh, Pakistan. It was established in 1852 during the British Raj and was named after Jehangir Cowasji Jehangir Readymoney. It is the largest psychiatric hospital in Pakistan. It is locally known as Giddu Bandar Mental Hospital.

The State Hospital Scotland is a psychiatric hospital near the village of Carstairs Junction, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions of high security for around 140 patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland. The hospital is managed by the State Hospitals Board for Scotland which is a public body accountable to the First Minister of Scotland through the Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates. It is a Special Health Board, part of the NHS Scotland and the only hospital of its kind within Scotland.