Findings of the impact study on COVID patients shows that people have accepted our initiative to make yoga a part of their everyday life wholeheartedly – Dy CM Manish Sisodia
Majority of COVID patients showed improvements within 5 to 7 days of attending customised online yoga classes of Delhi Government- DPSRU Vice Chancellor Ramesh K Goyal
NEW DELHI:
The Kejriwal Government’s customised yoga classes for COVID patients in home isolation turns out to be a major support for them in boosting their immunity and recovering from the said disease. According to the latest impact study conducted by Delhi Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research University (DPSRU) 92.3% patients who attended these yoga classes said that there was improvement in overall symptoms of COVID immediately. 88.9% patients said that there was improvement in breathlessness after they started attending Delhi Government’s yoga classes.
Responding to the effective results of free online yoga classes, Deputy Chief Minister Shri Manish Sisodia said, “The findings of the impact study on COVID patients shows that people have accepted our initiative to make yoga a part of everyday life wholeheartedly. During COVID, patients needed a healing touch to recover fast physically as well as psychologically. Most of the patients were suffering from a feeling of loneliness during isolation and our yoga instructors became their companions during that time.”
Shri Manish Sisodia added that providing customised yoga classes to COVID patients was an extended component of the Kejriwal Government’s initiative “Dilli Ki Yogshala” and more than 4600 patients received the benefit of this.
Vice Chancellor, DPSRU, Ramesh K Goyal said that patients got relief from COVID symptoms like cough, cold, breathlessness etc within 5-7 days of attending the classes.
Major findings of the DPSRU Study
-> Most of the patients involved in the research were between 30 and 70 years old.
-> 92.3% patients showed improvement in overall symptoms
-> Only 21% patients were taking drugs for COVID during this period
->Majority of patients showed improvements within 5 to 7 days.
-> Most of the patients admitted that they did not face the problem of breathlessness due to yoga during the infection.
-> Most of the infected admitted that by doing yoga, they got relief from symptoms like cough, cold, body ache, sleeplessness, breathlessness etc.
-> Customised online yoga classes worked to eliminate the feeling of loneliness as well as improve mental health.
What Beneficiaries say
“I attended online classes while I was infected. I had a tremendous experience during these classes. Yoga instructor not only assisted me in doing yoga but also checked my sleeping patterns and advised me on that.I had an issue of hypertension which was also taken care of by my instructor. Now doing yoga has become my routine.”
Narayan Kinarkar, 57 years, Mahipalpur
“I realised the importance of yoga only after getting infected from COVID. I felt more energised than before after attending these classes. When I was infected, I used to have trouble breathing, but practising yoga regularly gave me relief.”
Mukesh Sharma, 32 years, Sultanpuri
“Yoga classes provided by Delhi Government during COVID had a really positive effect on my mental health as recovering in home isolation. I looked forward to the interaction that happened in the Yoga class as it broke the monotony of my routine and also gave me the strength to go through this period”
Rajesh Kumar, 40 years
Notably, apart from this, currently over 16,000 people are attending 465 camps of Dilli Ki Yogshala across the city.