Bose

Greetings, sir. My name is C. Bose, aged 72, and I have come from Thiruppalai in Madurai. I am having treatment at the AVN Arogya centre. I have had joint pain for a long time, and now, having come here, it has come right. And this year they have additionally removed that back pain as well. If you ask why it is that we are made comfortable as soon as we come here — I actually came having planned for 10 days. It was over in seven days, and when it is good like that, a Thirukkural comes to mind. If you ask which Thirukkural, it is the one I studied: examine the disease, examine the origin of the disease, examine the means of subduing it, and apply the remedy. Examine the disease — they examine everything. Elsewhere they only treat the disease; they do not look at the body. A fever? Then give an injection. They do not look at why the fever came. That is what the poet says. Examine the disease — the disease was seen. Then the origin of the disease: what is the cause of the disease? That was seen. They saw that too, mostly by doing a scan and looking at the sciatica and all of it. There is this third step, you see, and that is what is special here. What is the third step? The means of subduing it. Now, elsewhere in treatment they give a medicine used somewhere else and tell you to look at it. These people are not like that. Now, if the treatment we are given does not suit, they change it at once. In the morning they gave one treatment. As soon as I said, no sir, I have a bit of a complication in this back, at once they applied a total massage, and the next month it is good. So in 10 days it was all over with AVN. Dr. Biju Madhavan, BAMS, is splendid; for nearly 3 years he has been like a friend to me. We tell our friends, and as a family we are seen here. Likewise the doctors' team are good and the nurses are good. Above all, they correct the treatment from time to time,do they not — these therapists do it well too. They understand what the doctor tells them about me and do exactly what is needed, whether to let it come freely or press hard or rub; that is why one recovers quickly. Now it is not treating the body, not treating the disease. We expect this of AVN Arogya: it is because they do not merely treat the disease but treat the body that Ayurveda means the protection of life, the lengthening of life — everyone should be happy for 100 years. So if people are to live without disease, their part in this health is very great. The nurses do it well. The housekeeping is good, the food is right, they keep it clean, the accommodation is good. And the doctors and this team give splendid exercises. Truly, their hard work. It was started here in their grandfather's time. Rama Varier and Raghava Varier — it is the far-sighted vision of those two that has brought this institution this far today. It was downtown, and they came here as early as the 80s or 90s and bought this place, and when it is done so well this far, the natural setting. Wherever you look there is green, lawns, flowers, trees. If we go into the town you cannot see anything like it. Because this natural setting is here, it is good. Likewise quality control; they sit and ask what is lacking. That examining the origin of the disease — they talk to us. What is your problem? Where is the trouble? And they change it for that second by second. So that doctor's supervision, and the therapists and nurses who listen to what they say — everyone's handling is splendid. Good. Thanks to everyone, thanks. We too should live well. May you be well too and create for this country a world without disease. Bharathidasan said then, we shall make a new world, we shall abolish the world that wages evil war. Now there are no wars, but there is disease. If disease is to be abolished, hospitals likethis are necessary. Long live AVN. Thanks to all the doctors and physicians, and greetings.