Siddha care centre for Covid patients

Namakkal/Salem: Tamil Nadu electricity minister P Thangamani on Monday inaugurated a new ‘Siddha Covid-care centre’ in Namakkal district.
The centre, functioning at Excel educational institutions in Pallipalayam, has 60 beds currently and is inspired by a similar facility in Salem that was inaugurated earlier.
The district siddha medical officer for Salem and Namakkal, Dr K Selvamurthy, told TOI that there has been a huge response for the Siddha centre currently functioning at Uthamacholapuram area in Salem district. “At our Salem centre, we have been treating 154 Covid cases, of them, 104 have got discharged,” he said.
The Namakkal district Siddha centre will treat Covid patients with siddha medicines prescribed under ‘Aarogyam’ scheme introduced by the central and state governments. “Additionally, patients will be given herbal tea, sun bath, yoga practices to help them recover,” Selvamurthy said.
Namakkal district collector K Megraj and other officials participated in the event.