Emergency care and recovery centre opened in Sivaganga Updated: Updated: December 23, 2020 13:51 IST The objective of the ECRC is to rescue persons with mental illness, rehabilitate them and help rejoin their families after successful intervention. Share Article AAA The objective of the ECRC is to rescue persons with mental illness, rehabilitate them and help rejoin their families after successful intervention. In a first-of-its-kind initiative, a 50-bed Emergency Care and Recovery Centre (ECRC) has been opened here at the Old Government Hospital campus here on Wednesday. The TN Khadi and Village Industries Minister G. Baskaran, who was the chief guest, told reporters that the State government had taken a number of measures to give treatment to the needy, especially, the poor. One among the welfare programs was the ECRC, he said.