Brain on fire: When a Thane resident saw the world as a photographic negative | Mumbai News

Mumbai: A 28-year-old Thane resident who began seeing the world as a photographic negative, developed dramatic personality changes and recurrent seizures, and eventually required ventilator support has made a near-complete recovery after doctors diagnosed him with anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis, a rare but potentially fatal brain disorder that could masquerade as a psychiatric illness.The disease,…

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Staff crunch stalls patient access to psychiatry ward at St George’s Hospital in Mumbai; unit shares OPD with TB department | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Nine months after a dedicated psychiatry ward was inaugurated at the state-run St George’s Hospital near CST, female patients are still unable to get admitted here because the hospital has not appointed a female night attendant, a requirement for admitting female patients.A 20-bedded male psychiatry ward has been functional since Sept 2025, with mostly…

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