The National Institute of Mental Health and Hospital is one of the institutes and centers that make under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. It is the only government mental hospital and mental health institution in Dhaka. 

Mental Hospital | Pabna is a 500-bed mental hospital located in Hemayetpur village of Pabna District in Bangladesh. It was the only specialised mental hospital of the region during establishment.

The mental hospital was founded by Mohammad Hossain Ganguly in the village Hemayetpur in Pabna District. The Civil Surgeon built the hospital in 1957 at the Shitlai Landlord's palace in the city. After two years, the hospital was relocated.The new location was built on 111.25 acres of acquired land at Hemayetpur village by the hospital authority, which paid compensation to Anukulchandra Chakravarty for the land. The 60-bed hospital has been extended to 90 beds over nine years. The hospital was transformed into a 500-bed psychiatric hospital in 1996, with the addition of an additional 300 beds, many years after the addition of 50 beds.

In July 2020, 22 people in the hospital were infected with the coronavirus, and 12 of them were hospital patients.Hospital services were also reduced during the pandemic.