UP: Yoga lab opens at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital

The Yogashala is a medical complex with a large hall and three labs-- Autonomic Nervous System Function Lab, Pulmonary Function Test Lab and Neurophysiology lab.

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The hall will be used for Yoga exercises and labs to measure and monitor the biochemical and physiological levels of the patients. The impact of Yoga exercises and improvement in various physical parameters will also be studied in these labs, said officials.

“Patients diagnosed with neurological, metabolic and psychosomatic disorders will be asked to practise Yoga in the Yogashala along with the prescribed medicine as a holistic approach to the medical treatment. The lab will help in collecting scientific evidence of the positive effect of Yoga on the patients,” said Manish Verma, assistant professor, physiology department.

“Holistic approach will be able to track and examine its impact on patients, said the governor. Swami Nirmalanada of Bihar School Yoga, who was the guest of honour said, "I am impressed by the enthusiasm of the institute to start a Yoga lab'', reports TOI.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the state-run Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Science (RMLIMS) will soon have a 35-bedded multi-organ transplant (bone marrow, liver and kidney) centre. A proposal to this effect has been sent to the state government for approval. The centre will have a 35-bed transplant facility. If approved, RMLIMS will become the third government institute in Lucknow to conduct liver transplant after King George's Medical University (KGMU) and Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS).

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