Pain remedy therapies at District Siddha Hospital in Tiruchi receive good response
The number of in-patients undergoing treatment at the District Headquarters Siddha Hospital, functioning at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital complex here, has gone up.
Thanks to the increasing awareness of Indian medicine systems, the number of patients seeking treatment under the them is steadily increasing. The District Headquarters Hospital offers treatment under Siddha, Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani systems. According to sources, about 600 to 700 patients visit the hospital for treatment a day. Until a few years ago, the figure was just around 300 a day.
Besides seeking remedy for common ailments such as fever, body aches, cold and cough, patients receive medicines for thyroid, sugar, hypertension, skin diseases and other ailments. The patients are provided with medicines supplied by the Tamil Nadu Medical Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Limited (TAMPCOL), a State-owned company that procures and produces Indian traditional medicines.
While most patients are given treatment as out patients, there are patients, who require admission. According to sources, there are 16 beds in the hospital. All are fully occupied. The patients, who require in patient treatment, are mostly senior citizens. Many seek treatment for body ache, joint pain, disc collapse, disc bulge and cervical spondylosis. They are treated with a range of therapies including 'varma', 'yoga', 'thokkanam', panchakarma, fomentation, massage, steam inhalation and others.
'There are therapies that rejuvenate the body from age-related aches. Depending upon the condition of patients we provide in-patient treatment for two to seven days. It supports the patients for at least five to six months. They will have to visit the hospital for treatment at regular intervals,' says Vatchala, District Siddha Medical Officer-In-Charge.
She said the hospital had a number of regular patients, who wanted to repeat the therapies at regular intervals. It was getting patients from far away places such as Thuraiyur, Musiri, Thottiyam and others.
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