He is said to be suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder following the shooting of his bride, Anni Dewani, in Cape Town in November.
Although on bail, he will now be virtually imprisoned behind the locked doors, reinforced concrete walls and five-metre perimeter fence of the medium secure hospital, City of Westminster Magistrates' Court in London heard.
'Security is effected by staff, he has no ability to leave,' his lawyer, Julian Knowles, told the court during a brief hearing.
The Bristol care home owner was admitted to Fromeside after he was kicked out of The Priory when, according to staff, his behaviour became disruptive and aggressive.
South African authorities are seeking to extradite the 31-year-old for his alleged part in the killing.
But Mr Knowles indicated Dewani's legal team would fight this on the grounds of his poor mental health and prison conditions in South Africa.
He said: 'If it was the case - it plainly is the case - that Mr Dewani is seriously mentally ill and he were sent back to a prison system that simply cannot cope with that level of mental illness, that is a violation of article 3 (of the European Convention of Human Rights, which prohibits inhuman or degrading treatment).' Read More
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