Can hospitals deliver health?
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We
can indeed look for health in hospitals & clinics too. Here are a few tips;
- Acute
disease should be tackled with patience, rest, and hydration. This was the
approach of MBBS doctors. At AIIMS, Bhubaneswar, this is the strategy that
is being adopted
- Nutrition
ought to be a very important intervention. This is being tried out at SUM
Hospital, Bhubaneswar
- Junk foods
must not be allowed within hospital premises
- Hospitals
ought to have open spaces where the patients are exposed to sunlight
- They can
have gardens where patients can be allowed to roam about in bare feet
- There should
be space for yoga and freehand exercises
- Patients
should have scope for active entertainment sessions as in some hospices
abroad. They are allowed to interact among themselves, are entertained by
performers, and can play games. The TV is a very poor source of
entertainment with negative values
- Medication
to be resorted to only when other methods fail and should be kept to the
absolute minimum. The MBBS doctors were masters in this approach
- Patients
must be convinced that their diseases are amenable to cure and that they
will return to an active life so their spirit is boosted
- If the above
are tried out there will be an increase in incidence of acute elimination
symptoms as the vitality improves and the body embarks on
a cleaning spree; cleaning waste and toxins. These episodes should be
handled well without aggressive action. The load of chronic disease will
fall along with mortality rates
- If the
system understands the curative value of elimination system of the body
and aids it, chronic disease will reduce drastically. All doctors must
study the value of detoxification and adopt detoxification procedures
- The
radioactive machinery, chemotherapy units, and the vaccination centers
should be housed in separate buildings away from out and in
patient units. These make the hospitals a breeding ground for diseases.
As awareness increases these will find their way out as they are disease
creators and in no way helpful
- The movement
against overbilling should be intensified. Unnecessary depletion of
finances sends the entire family into shock and renders everyone sick. The
presence of 5 star hospitals is the sign that medicine is a commercial
venture
- Continuing
education should be from experienced doctors who practice such methods and
have the best interest of patients at heart, and not industry
representatives
- Medical
representatives must not be allowed within hospitals
- The learning
from such and similar methods should percolate to medical education
- Creating
awareness on basic determinants of health should be a part of all medical
institutions
Things
will change if the doctors decide to be change agents.
A doctor friend has liked this note. However,
he says, patients come to hospitals in a sorry state that requires immediate
medical attention. The government hospitals are very crowded and the doctors
are stressed. Maybe the above points can be tried in a private setting for
validation. He will be writing in a bit of detail and I will include it in this
blog.
My response;
We are currently disease focused leading to
the stress that affects both patients and physicians. Such a focus also leads
to disease complications leading to deterioration in health leading to
emergency situations; the cause of stress.
If we are health focused we can avoid the
stress. Hospitals ought to be lifestyle and nutrition correction centers.
Diseases can be detected early by noticing changes in circadian rhythm, rise in
stress, feeling of unease, and fall in hunger levels. That ought to be the
intervention point so that diseases do not progress further.
If people can visit wellness centers once a
year for detoxification, meditation, exercise, and education on nutrition and
lifestyle, this will be a great preventive measure. This should be accompanied
by sanitation, hygiene, provision for safe food and water, health focused
housing, and safe livelihood options.
The environment is very important. Industrial,
vehicular, and electricity/ wireless pollution is behind many of our ills as
well as lack of diversity in food, plummeting nutritional values, and extensive
poisoning of the food chain. These issues should be actively flagged by the
doctors.
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