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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, NOV. 4. At the female chronic ward at the Mental Health Centre (MHC) here, there are many young women who have been pushing years, hoping for that elusive post card from home. Vanitha Reddy may not have realised how lucky she is when she left the MHC for home, with her family members, on Thursday evening. This 32-year-old woman from Karnataka, who was found wandering on the Kollam beach a few months ago and entrusted to the MHC later for care through a court order, was taken back home by her younger sister and cousin brother. Last month also, the hospital had managed to reunite with family another of their young inmates, Padmalakshmi Kiran from Karim Nagar in Andhra Pradesh. Vanitha Reddy's story piqued media interest following reports that a mentally ill woman who seemed well-educated, had been rescued from the street by an NGO at Kollam. Vanitha could write and speak English fairly well and though she was not very communicative, she displayed perfect manners. She still does not recollect how she reached Kollam. "I remember that I was creating some public nuisance and that the police took me away," she said.
Depressed
The psychiatric social workers at the MHC said that Vanitha was morose and depressed when she first came here and that it took some time before she started talking. But Vanitha was by nature reserved and quiet and apart from bare details about home, she was not very open about herself. She said that she has two sisters — elder one, Teja, who is married and younger one, Rupa, doing her B.Com. Vanitha, a graduate herself, had been working as an accountant in a firm. "I belong to Anekkal village in Hubli, Karnataka. If someone helps me, I can find my way home, " she had said.
Tracing family
The psychiatric social workers here have been trying to trace her family and two months ago, her cousin, Venkatesh, turned up. Though Vanitha seemed to recognise him, the authorities did not want to send the young woman out without confirming his identity. On Thursday, her sister, Rupa, came with Venkatesh and Vanitha was quick to respond. According to them, it was in September last that Vanitha had disappeared after she had been out on a morning walk. They had given up all hope of finding her when a letter from the MHC reached them on October 25. They revealed that Vanitha had earlier been treated at a psychiatrist, but that the treatment was not continued. The doctors here said that Vanitha had recovered from her trauma, but that she would require continued medication and follow-up.
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