The District Ayurveda Hospital is the place to be for all who wish to include yoga and naturopathy in their wish list of effective disease-management strategies.
Free yoga classes are being provided to public at the hospital as part of the Ayush Department initiative in providing yoga and naturopathy care along with ayurveda.
“Yoga classes for the public are held from 7.30 a.m to 8.30 a.m. So far only 20 people have registered for the class that we started about two months ago. Classes are held on all working days. Patients at the ayurveda hospital are also given the option of seeking cure through yoga and naturopathy”, said the chief medical officer Dr. Sajeev Kumar.
Integrating therapeutic yoga and naturopathy as part of the treatment for OP and IP patients, the doctor prescribes lifestyle changes and provides dietary consultation as per naturopathy.
There are about 170 patients who had sought yoga and naturopathy intervention since the department started functioning, said Dr. Leesha Mary Mathew. There are more patients with pain-related disorders who had sought cure, she added. Back pain, knee pain, diabetes, arthritis, depression, tension and anxiety are among the disorders that have brought patients to yoga and naturopathy, said Dr. Mathew.
There are over a hundred patients in the OP and about 60 patients in the IP seeking yoga and naturopathy interventions.
