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Clinical Apollo Consultants’
2019 Telemedicine CSR Academics Recognition Research
Excellence Homecare Achievements

Success Story- Restoring confidence and normalcy Nutrition Centres

Because of the need of providing of supplementary
nutrition to pregnant and lactating women, TH has
brought the thematic concept of Nutrition Centres in
selected villages. The aim is to improve the immediate
nutritional wellbeing of pregnant and lactating women
and their infants by tackling the underlying causes of
malnutrition.

The aim is to ensure the improvement of maternal
health, increase birth weight of the child, promote
exclusive breastfeeding practices for the infant and
ensure 100% institutional deliveries to reduce MMR
Mrs. KY (female, 40 years) of Aragonda village developed and IMR.
varicose veins during her pregnancy. She had to live with
the shooting pain for the past few years. Hailing from a
Six Nutrition Centres have been established where
moderate agrarian family with own farm lands, she could
pregnant and lactating mothers, and their children,
afford medical treatment at any given place and hospital.
needing additional nutritional support are being cared
She approached a Bengaluru based doctor who
for.
recommended laser surgery that would cost her around
1.5 lakh rupees. She and her family members receded from
going ahead with the recommended course of medical In the year 2019, 70 women both pregnant and
intervention for a fairly good reason. There was no lactating mothers were benefited. From the inception
assurance from the doctor on total cure from the problem till date, 479 women were benefited. There were no
in the post-operative period. According to him the disease maternal and infant deaths reported during 2019.
may reoccur any time and every time the course of
treatment would be the same operation.

Because of the discouraging prospected the family of opted
out from surgery. At this juncture the Ayush doctor
suggested them to try their treatment offered there and
experience the impact of the Ayurvedic. She joined the
prescribed treatment course in the Ayush centre in
February 2019. She completed three sittings, two for
varicose veins and one for weight loss (each sitting
consisted of a 7-day session at the centre) before she
started feeling better. She became free from the shooting
pain. She continued with the treatment as long as it was
recommended by the doctors of the centre and her pain
relief was complete.

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