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The Matcheswalla who lit their dimaag ki batti
Updated On: 18 September, 2009 07:09 AM IST | | Lalitha Suhasini
He was the one who took psychiatry to Masina Hospital. Two decades later, Mumbai is still thanking Dr Yusuf A Matcheswalla
He was the one who took psychiatry to Masina Hospital. Two decades later, Mumbai is still thanking Dr Yusuf A Matcheswalla
HE began helping Mumbai's disquieted lot from a cubbyhole clinic in Bhendi Bazaar 24-years-ago.
Today, 51-year-old Dr Matcheswalla, MD (Psychiatry), MD (Forensic), DPM, FIPS has a team of about 40 members that includes psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and sociologists who provide preventive treatment, cure and rehabilitation for mental disorders at Byculla's Masina Hospital in South Mumbai.
In an era when allopathy still amazed many, Matcheswalla was busy urging schools to take up mental medicine.
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