New rehabilitation centre for Duchenne affected children

A model rehabilitation centre for children affected with Duchenne Muscular Dystropny (DMD) is coming up in Kurinji Hospital here from November 15.
The Molecular Diagnostics, Counselling, Care and Research Centre (MDCRC), a not-for-profit organisation, with a holistic approach to identify and prevent DMD and to help the affected patients and families, Dr B R Lakshmi, Directore and Managing Trustee of the Centre, told reporters here today.
The Centre will be inaugurated by the district collector, Archana Patnaik.
Being recognised by Department of Welfare of Differently Abled Persons, Tamil Nadu, all the services, including molecular diagnosis, counselling and multidiscliplinary clinical care, will be offered free of cost to the patient, Lakshmi said.

As part of the rehabilitation, 163 patients, so far identified in and around Coimbatore will be brought to the Centre and rehabilitation through physiotherapy and depending on the needs, the patients may also be taught yoga by a master, she said.
DMD is a devastating, life threatening genetic neuromuscular disorder affecting only boys and approximately one in 3,500 children were affected around the world, Lakshmi said. The recent survery in five districts of Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur, Karur and Namakkal revealed that the incident was two and half times more comparing to world average, showing one to 1,000 children, she said.

The Duchenne patients, boys and young men, progressively loose their physical function before they inevitably die of this cruel disease without crossing their teenage, Lakshmi said.
On cure and medication, she said the recent treatment proved that quality of life was improved after going through Ayurveda, like reduction of frequent fall while walking, climbing of steps improved and breathing also improved, while in modern medicine it was only steroid.