However Infrastructure and furniture at the institution is dilapidated and needs some repair and there is also need to ensure that proper consultation rooms, offices for staff and a nursing school with equipment is built to ease pressure on the already strained system. The yard has some potholes that affect the elderly and chronic ill-patients to walk freely. Some elderly patients were reported to have tripped as a result of the potholes with others suffering fractures. 6.9 Rehabilitation The ZHRC observed the presence of rehabilitation facilities at the Institution. These facilities kept some of the patients busy, such as patients that had improved and nearing discharged. ZHRC witnessed a vibrant horticultural garden with a variety of vegetables, there were also some patients who were busy mending shoes while others were into carpentry and poultry keeping. The rehabilitation schemes were a preparatory measure for such patients to be able to earn a living in a sustainable manner when they are reintegrated into the communities. In the female ward, some patients were observed tidying their surroundings, some sweeping and others removing plates after lunch, which the matron advised to be an assessment method on the readiness of such patients for the outside world. A rabbit keeping project carried out by the patients A vibrant gardening project carried out by patients as a form of rehabilitation. 6.10 Hospital Farm Page 16 of 22