Due to severe space
constraints and lack of basic facilities, officials at the Nature
Cure Hospitals (Prakruthi Chikitsa Kendra) are unable to use the
Spinal bed for the patients from last seven years.
Physio therapy equipments
are lying idle as there is no separate room to house them and
treadmill is not working from last three years. There are even
instances where the equipments like massage table, and other
equipments have been shifted to other Ayurveda hospitals.
The spinal bath tub is
very much helpful for a patients ailing from back pain. Cold and Hot
water will be sprayed directly on the spinal, from which the patient
can get rid of pain.
The Hospital is
functioning at KG Koppal since 1993, and is run by the State
Government, Department of AYUSH. Following, some of major drawbacks
the patients visiting the department are unable to get complete
Naturopathy treatment.
An average of 28 to 30
patients every day visit the Center. Four female and three male cane
be provided treatment at once, which takes around one hour. Due to
lack of basic amenities like sanitation, space conjust, people are
forced to wait for treatment for long time. Moreover, the same toilet
is used by both men and women and the building housing the Center is
also dilapidated.
Usually Nature Cure
treatment is based on water treatment, separate units will be set up
for every treatment. But in this hospital there are only two rooms,
used for men and women separately.
Ayush District Officer Dr
Nagesh said the department has sent a proposal to MUDA to handover
the building on lease for the department, for which MUDA has approved
the proposal tentatively. “If once the buildings comes under
department, renovation and up gradation of hospital will be done,”
he added.
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Only two Nature Cure
hospitals work for five district
As the number of people
switching over to traditional medicines is on the rise, alternative
treating method that is gaining equally popularity for lifestyle
illnesses like Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma is Naturopathy.
There are only two Nature
Cure Hospitals (Prakruthi Chikitsa Kendra) run by the State
Government covering five districts by the Department of AYUSH. One is
situated in Mysore and another in Srirangapatna. As a result while
those residing at Hassan, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar come to Mysore
Nature Cure Hospital, those residing in Mandya visit the hospital at
Srirangapatna.
Patients visiting the
Nature Cure Hospital in Mysore for treatment have to wait for a long
time. In cases of emergency, with no other option they have to visit
private Nature Cure clinics which are quite expensive compared to the
Government hospital. This demand has led to the mushrooming of
private clinics in the city in other side.
Rajamma, a resident of
Nanjangud says: If more number of Naturopathy hospitals are opened in
the Taluks, people residing in villages will be benefited immensely.
If Government opens such hospitals at our Taluk headquarters, it
helps us lot. Money, time both will be saved.”
Ayush District Officer Dr
Nagesh said that plans have made to construct hospitals at taluk and
district level, for which the department has asked to identify 2000
square feet of land at every district. The land identification and
other process commence shortly, he added.
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How Nature Cure helps
Many ailing with chronic
illnesses like hypertension, diabetes, skin ailments, Asthma and
obesity are switching over to Naturopathic Cures. The course of their
treatment usually runs for 10 to 12 days for which they have to visit
the Center daily.
The treatment begins with
cleansing the body. Liquid foods along with fruits and raw vegetables
is the diet prescribed for body cleansing. It's observed that around
50 per cent of the ailments are relieved just after cleansing the
body. This is followed by treatments such as mud pack, enema, steam
bath, massage and yoga. Dr S Hariganesh of Mysroe Center observed
that most patients respond well after these treatments and are cured.
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