Port Blair, Dec. 12: ANIIMS has started a weekly Yoga session for all eligible pregnant women in the Gynae OPD (Opposite Room No. 20) of G B Pant Hospital, Port Blair. The session will be held on every Thursday for duration of one hour from 11 am to 12 noon. ANIIMS has collaborated with AYUSH Department to develop a model of integration of allopathic care with AYUSH in the hospital. The Yoga Instructors under the supervision of Medical Officer of AYUSH Hospital will facilitate, train and instruct the antenatal women, depending upon their duration of pregnancy and ability to exercise safely under the supervision of experts. All the women who are pregnant and attending the antenatal OPD have been urged to utilize this service, as this will not only smoothen the period of pregnancy but will also lead to an easy and comfortable normal delivery by improving the tone and flexibility of the muscles.

The Yoga package has been designed in consultation with the experts and is absolutely safe for the mother and the baby. This initiative will also benefit the mothers after their delivery in preventing post-partum blues and thus leading to better care and growth of the newborn.