Around 10 percent of mentally ill patients at the National Institute of Mental Health are discharged before completing their course of treatment because they cannot afford the inflated costs of hospital beds.

In the last two years, the charge for a hospital bed has almost tripled. In 2008, the cost of a hospital bed per night was Tk 80. Later it increased to Tk 125 and now it costs Tk 225. For a month long stay in hospital, patients now pay Tk 6750 whereas two years ago it cost Tk 2400

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