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Swasthavritha

The Department of Swasthavritha ,Govt. Ayurveda college,Thiruvananthapuram is a Post graduate Department that conducts MD speciality in Swasthavritha and Yoga since 1992 and PG Diploma in Swasthavritha and Yoga during 2019 November.

As a Community Medicine Department , Medical camps were conducted in and around Thiruvananthapuram District. Wellness yoga for Public, Therapeutic yoga for patients, and Yoga training for UG and PG students were given in the Panchakarma Hospital under the guoidance of faculties . These programmes were aimed to prevent diseases and preserve health through the application of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy.

Vision of the Department

Department advocates the health and wellness concept in Ayurveda and Yoga

Understanding Health problems of the community and provideCare beyond Cure- to the society where the community be aware of achieving dimensions of health through Dinachrya (Daily Regimen) Rthu charya (Seasonal Regimen), Sadvritta, (Code of Good conducts) and principles of Dietetics
  • Prevention of Lifestyle Disorders
  • Awareness of Good health Practises
  • Stress relieving Techniques
  • Dietetics and Lifestyle management
  • Prevention of lifestyle diseases
  • Prevention of Communicable diseases
  • Adoption of a healthy diet rule
  • Maintenance of Healthy life style
  • Geriatric care

Location Map

The department occupies part of Pancakarma Hospital Complex, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram
Academic Facilities(Courses, Museum, CME, Seminars etc)
  • Courses  - BAMS,MD Swasthavritha, PG Dilploma  in Swasthavritha and Yoga,Certificate Course in Yoga and Naturopathy
  • Museum - The Department has a Museum with Charts, Models and Specimens
  • CME- CME/ROTP on various relevant topics are usually conducted
  • Seminars - Weekly Seminars are conducted in the Department on various topics related with Swasthavritha, Yoga and Naturopathy
Facilities for Public

Yoga training for patients,Yoga Camps for Public,Lab Services At hospital is available
Dept has extensive facilities to do various naturopathic treatment modalities

Patient Services

The Department runs O.P on all days except Sundays on OP No: 2 of the Panchakarma Hospital. Each OP is handled by a teaching faculty assisted by PG students and House surgeons. Weekly two days OP being conducted for Geriatric patients in the Geriatric centre. Those Patients who need yoga training will be directed from the Swasthavritha OP.

  • General OP & IP (Lifestyle Diseases)
  • Preventive OP for communicable Diseases
  • OP & IP treatment for Geriatric Patients
  • Wellness yoga training
  • Therapeutic Yoga Training for Lifestyle Diseases
  • Hydrotherapy Treatments
  • Health awareness classes to public
  • School Health awareness Programmes, Medical Camps


IP Services

There are 19 beds in the General ward apart from Paywards in Panchakarma Hospital, KHRWS Paywards and Paying treatment . Among them four beds in the General ward are exclusively for Geriatric patients .They also have Payward facilities in Panchakarma Hospital and KHRWS Paywards.

Professor & HOD Dr Sheela. S MD, PhD Scholar
Professor Dr Jyothi. R MD, PhD Scholar,
Dr Sajitha Bhadran MD, PhD
Associate Professor Dr Smitha Mary Shine MD PhD Scholar
Assistant Professors Dr Geethu Mohan MD, 
Dr Jyolsna P MD

Facilities
  • General OP
  • Geriatric OP
  • Therapeutic Yoga
  • Wellness Yoga
  • General IP management
  • Geriatric IP management
  • Medical camps
  • Research OP
  • Wellness OP
  • Dietary management
  • Preventive Panchakarma
  • Naturopathic Techniques

Researches
  • Dietary interventions regarding Dyslipaedemia
  • Diet & Life style interventions for Diabetes
  • Yoga interventions in obesity
  • Preventive protocol for various life style diseases

Academic / Reasearch Activities

At PG level the goal is to produce a competent public health specialist and a medical teacher who can function as community and first level physicians in accordance with the national goals of 


Geriatric care

  • Daily OP
  • Supply of Free medicines
  • Lab Facilities
  • Yoga training sessions
  • Health awareness classes
  • Persons above the age of 60 yrs visiting weekly in Geriatric OP for mainly Musculo skeletal problems associated with life style diseases. Each Patient gets medicine at a cost of 250 to 300 rupees, complaints are well managed and periodically blood parameters are checked.
  • Daily OP except sundays
  • Swasthavritta/ Kayachikilsa/ Panchakarma departments
  • 2022 total patients 25643
  • 2023 total patients 24921
  • IP management

Total 26 In patient capacity is available. Patients are admitted for seeking treatments for Osteoarthritic conditions , Neuropathy, Stroke associated with non communicabe diseases. Along with panchakarma treatment suitable diet advises and suitable therapeutic yoga exercises are given to the patient. Success rate is 99%


Yoga training sessions
  • Persons are given wellness Yoga sessions of 1 hour duration from 8AM to 11 AM
  • 50 – 55 persons are attending wellness yoga daily except sundays under two sessions.
  • Quality of life is improved significantly.
  • In the hospital yoga hall OP and IP patients are given therapeutic yoga exercises for Diabetes, Dyslipiedemia, Hypertension, low back pain, cervical pain, Obesity, Osteoarthritic conditions From 8AM to 1 PM.
  • Quality of life is improved significantly.

**HEALTH FOR ALL**