[1][2][3] It serves the mental health patients from Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and other neighboring states.

[4][5][6][7][8] Dr Savinder Singh is current in-charge of the Dr. Vidya Sagar Institute of Mental Health.

[9] Established originally at Lahore in 1900, shifted at Amritsar in 1947 after Partition of Punjab when non-Muslim patients were transferred here.

Punjab police has duty of shifting mentally ill patients roaming on roads to the institute.

[10] In 2008, 100 acres of lawns land of hospital was transferred to Taj Swarna hotel in Trilium Mall.