City doctors to bend it like yogis

With the grand celebration of International Yoga Day to be held on June 21 in the national Capital, the city doctors are not behind in joining the hand with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who will lead the yoga exercise at Rajpath. Simultaneously, the doctors here will demonstrate yoga and meditation in the hospital campus, setting a benchmark for the mega event.

While speaking to The Pioneer, city doctors explained their schedule for the historic day and said that with the beginning Yoga Day, doctors will make it a routine to do yoga. The doctors of the Central Government-run hospitals AIIMS and RMl have set the plans to do yoga on the particular day. 

At AIIMS, the doctors, hospital staff and administration along with patients will perform yoga asanas (poses) in the conference hall. “We have invited all the doctors, staff, students and general public to participate in the yoga session which will be instructed by the yoga instructor of AIIMS,” said Dr Raj Kumar Yadav, Professor of Physiology.

The 35-minute yoga session will kickoff sharp at 10am till 10.30 am followed by a yoga awareness speech by the director of AIIMS, said Yadav, adding that eligible patients are also invited. At the same time, healthcare specialists of RMl Hospital have outlined the procedure to do Yoga, said a senior doctor of RMl Hospital.

Similarly, doctors at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital have made the blueprint to be the part of the gala yoga event. “All the doctors, nursing staff, and administration will demonstrate yoga and meditation at the auditorium of the hospital from 10 am to 10.30 am,” said Ramesh Chandra, yoga therapists, 

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.Appreciating the efforts taken by PM, Dr Anurag Saxena, physician, Primus Hospital, said, “Yoga being oldest forms of Indian exercising technique is getting recognition all over the world.”