{"id":112215,"date":"2023-11-28T17:23:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112215"},"modified":"2023-11-28T17:23:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T16:23:43","slug":"look-after-yourself-the-bhaktivedanta-medical-association-launches-its-first-medical-camp-at-the-manor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=112215","title":{"rendered":"LOOK AFTER YOURSELF – The Bhaktivedanta Medical Association launches its first medical camp at the Manor"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\nLOOK AFTER YOURSELF:
\nThe Bhaktivedanta Medical Association (BMA) launches its first medical camp at the Manor<\/p>\n

By Dr Malav Bhimpuria<\/p>\n

\tOn a crisp autumnal day in late November, visitors to the Manor were blessed by the warm glow of the inaugural BMA medical camp, part of the Devotee Care Festival. The beaming smiles and joyous faces of the devotees was testament to the resounding success of this inspirational event, held in association with Devotee Care UK, Karuna Care, Alzheimer\u2019s UK, Dental Smile and Hertfordshire Health Improvement Service (HHIS).
\nThe BMA\u2019s aim is to deliver holistic care to the ISKCON community and encompasses telemedicine, Ayurveda, dietary advice, emotional health, physical care and yoga. It is essentially \u201cfor devotees, by devotees\u201d and this showcase event exemplified the BMA at its best. As the body is an instrument of devotional service, through looking after one\u2019s body the devotee can undertake regular uninterrupted devotional service and facilitating this is where the BMA excels.
\nThroughout the afternoon, devotees could visit various stalls encompassing mental health (including specialists in learning disabilities and autism), discuss diabetes with consultant diabetologists, interact with Alzheimer\u2019s disease support workers and nurses and discuss End of Life Care where the \u201cdevotee care passport\u201d was introduced to assist them with appropriate treatment while on the final stages of the disease journey. Information is crucial to our community and there were also various stands promoting health screening initiatives such as bowel, breast and cervical cancer screening. Women\u2019s health (in particular menopause) and flu vaccination was discussed. A group of enthusiastic dentists also reminded devotees on the importance of dental care and offered free dental check-ups.
\nFinally, as prevention is a core tenet of the BMA, there was a large screening stall in collaboration with HHIS. Four GPs and two employees from HHIS offered weight and body mass index checks, blood pressure measurement and, one of the most popular elements, ECG analysis with Artificial Intelligence enabled technology to detect heart rhythm abnormalities. More than fifty devotees accessed this service and eleven potential new cases of essential hypertension (high blood pressure) and one new case of atrial fibrillation (an irregular heart rhythm) were detected. Some devotees commented that they would never have thought of having their blood pressure checked, whilst others were relieved to have their heart rhythm analysed as they would not have visited their GPs for this specifically.
\nThe afternoon was also interspersed with a series of informative talks delivered in the Main Hall, some by BMA members on the importance of looking after your health and wellbeing in general and mental health in particular.
\nAs the light faded outside, the Bhaktivedanta Manor continued to be illuminated by the dedication and service of the devotees during its first ever Medical Camp. By Lord Krishna\u2019s mercy, they all felt they had participated in something genuinely innovative and supportive for our community and were looking forward to participating in the next camp very soon.
\nBMA (Bhaktivedanta Medical Association) provides holistic health care on a virtual platform through telemedicine consultations for allopathic advice (currently in UK South Africa and India, ayurveda (world-wide), emotional and mental health (world-wide) and diet and nutrition.
\nTo avail telemedicine in UK please send an email to make an appointment to any of the telemedicine facilities below:
\nUK Telemedicine \u2013 bma.uktm@gmail.com (for UK devotees only)
\nMental Health \u2013 karunacare.iskcon\/get-help\/ (for Worldwide devotees)
\nAyurveda \u2013 bma.ayurveda@gmail.com (for Worldwide devotees)
\nBMA also has an educational aspect in form of holistic articles on the website with videos and seminars planned.
\nPlease visit our website for more information: www.bma.health<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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