Forget about Ayurveda being a laggard against all Modern medicine. Ongoing strike by doctors at government hospitals and dispensaries has increased patient inflow (including new patients) at outdoor patient departments of National Institute of Ayurveda and associated hospitals.
During the strike period, registration of patients at NIA Hospital OPD has peaked to 625, while patients reported at Bombaiwala Hospital shot up to 131 and up to 30 at NIA Satellite Hospital.
As per doctors at NIA-Jaipur, OPD patient inflow has increased by 20-25 per cent, while identical percentage increase has been reported at Bombaiwala Hospital and NIA Satellite Hospital.
NIA director Dr Ajay Sharma confirmed increase in patient registrations at the three NIA hospitals and said the rise in patients may be because the government hospitals are badly hit by the stir.
NIA doctors revealed that maximum increase has been reported at OPDs of Kaya Chikitsa (Medicine) and Bal Roga (Pediatrics) during the period between December 21 to December 28.
Maximum 625 patients were reported at NIA OPD on December 21, the first day of stir, with most of the increase being attributed to patients coming directly to NIA Hospital OPD after failing to get treatment at neighbouring government hospitals and dispensaries. As many as 583 new patient registrations were reported at NIA hospital on Wednesday and 572 on Monday, while the figure hovered between 440 to 503 on remaining days.
Meanwhile, the OPD registration data at SMS Hospital during resident doctor's strike has shown a steady decline. Total patients registered with SMS Hospital stood 4396 on December 20, followed by 3686 on December 21, but dropped to 2655 on December 22, when the resident doctor's strike became effective at the premier hospital.
Since then OPD registrations at the hospitals have been declining consistently reaching a low of 1493 patients on December 24, even as senior teachers/consultants worked religiously to keep the OPD going.
Source:DNA
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