A protocol for psychosocial rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients will be released virtually
Three premier institutions, Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN), an autonomous body of the Ministry of Ayush, the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru and the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana (S-VYASA), have come together to develop a protocol for psychosocial rehabilitation of COVID-19 patients. The release of this protocol is scheduled to take place on April 23, 2021, from 9:30 am to 11:30 am through a virtual event. The event will be presided over by Dr HR Nagendra Chancellor, S-VYASA, Bengaluru. This will be followed by an online workshop for BNYS Practitioners in which they will be trained in the protocol.
The workshop will also address the enhanced burden on the healthcare workforce in our country, from the perspective of the naturopathy sector. The healthcare institutions in parts of our country have been overwhelmed by the sheer burden of COVID-19 cases. It has reportedly become a challenge under these circumstances to pay attention to every individual patient.
The online workshop will help impart knowledge about the epidemiology of COVID-19, course of the disease, screening for distress and psychologic sequelae, management of distress and psychologic sequelae using yoga and naturopathy approaches.
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