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Dhodial is a town and union council located near Baffa between Mansehra and Shinkiari in Mansehra District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Dhodial is a fertile region known for its vegetables and tobacco. Dhodial is also well known for its pheasant conservation project.The town was badly affected by the 2005 Pakistan earthquake.LocationDhodial is north of Mansehra in Hazara area at an altitude of 3,267 feet. The river Siren flows alongside the town.Health careThis area is known for the treatment of mentally ill patients. The Government of Pakistan established a National Psychiatric Health unit, called the "Government Mental & General Hospital" in Dhodial in the early 1960s. Its purpose was to treat patients with mental illness and to function as a general hospital. It had facilities for the treatment of mentally disabled patients, including physical and mental grooming. Mohammad Irfan was the initial medical superintendent and consultant psychiatrist. The government's other plans included the SOS Children's Villages and National Pheasantry. This hospital became tuberculosis sanitorium Dadar in 2002 and Hazara University was formed in it.