191 civic dispensaries will look out for underlying signs of mental illnesses among patients coming for treatment. 

BMC public health department, which carried out a month-long training of roughly 350 doctors for this, also, for the first time, appointed two psychiatrists.  

The BMC programme will be a part of the National Health Mission’s district mental health programme. ‘Manashakti’ clinics establishment is made compulsory at the primary healthcare level.  The state health department’s ‘tele-manus’ helpline will also be extended to Mumbai and provide information about psychiatric and counselling aid.  Each civic dispensary will prominently display banners mentioning the ‘telemanus’ number (14416). 

Patients visiting the dispensaries will either be given a questionnaire or asked a series of questions to rule out mental issues such as depression or anxiety.