ASIA/INDIA - Only 10% of the population has access to healthcare. Catholic nun at successful Jivadara therapy centre treats poor villagers with chronic diseases

Saturday, 18 March 2006

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Kerala (Fides Service) - In southern Kerala a Catholic nun Sr Mary Eassy runs a centre for holistic Jivadara therapy for poor villagers suffering from chronic diseases.
Assisi Holistic Research Centre at Panavalli, near Cherthala in Alappuzha uses a combination of Chinese acupuncture and Italian electroshock treatment. Jivadara is successfully used in hospitals to treat diseases such as cerebral palsy, mental deficiency, psoriasis, trigeminal neuralgia, backache and varicose veins. Assisi Holistic Research Centre treats at least 150 patients a day from outlying poor districts, about 3,000 a year, mostly minors under 10. Sr. Mary, who says the treatment also purifies blood and lymph impurities, focused on this therapy to alleviate the suffering of poor people who otherwise have no access to healthcare.
According to Indian parliament commission only 10% of the population of over one billion has access to healthcare. (AP) (18/3/2006 Agenzia Fides; Righe:20; Parole:221)