So many students, so few shrinks

The Supreme Court wants every college to have a psychiatrist to counsel students against ragging, but Karnataka has only 250 registered practitioners for 1,527 colleges

The Supreme Court wants every college to have a psychiatrist to counsel students against ragging, but Karnataka has only 250 registered practitioners for 1,527 colleges

Karnataka does not have enough psychiatrists to counsel students against ragging and treat victims. Late last week, the Supreme Court directed all state governments to constitute committees with psychiatrists to look into incidents of ragging, but Karnataka has far too many colleges, and too few psychiatrists.

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