Emergency Treatment

Last updated on Jun 16, 2022

Under the law, emergency treatment refers to any medical and mental health care treatment. It can be provided by a registered medical practitioner to a person with mental illness1. For this, the consent of the nominated representative is required, if they are available.

The immediate treatment prevents2:

  • The death or harm to the person
  • The person from inflicting serious harm to themselves and/or to others
  • The person from causing serious damage to their or others’ property

However, this does not allow the use of electroconvulsive therapy3. Further, it does not allow to use any treatment not directly related to the criteria mentioned above4.

In addition, this treatment is limited to 72 hours under normal circumstances or up to 7 days during an emergency5.

  1. Section 94(1),  the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 []
  2. Section 94(1),  the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017. []
  3. Section 94(3),  the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 []
  4. Section 94(2),  the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 []
  5. Section 94(4),  the Mental Healthcare Act, 2017 []

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