Bengaluru Boosts Crisis Care: Tele MANAS Integrates With Namma 112 for Faster Mental Health Support

• Bengaluru integrates Tele MANAS with Namma 112 for improved emergency mental health care access.
• The initiative links the Government of India's mental health helpline (Tele MANAS) with the city's emergency response network (Namma 112).
• Calls related to psychological distress and psychiatric emergencies can now move seamlessly between the two services.
• A two-way call transfer mechanism ensures faster, coordinated assistance, especially for suicide risk or severe emotional distress.
• This builds on previous efforts, with plans to include more private and government helplines to make Namma 112 a single-point emergency platform.