Lucknow:Music therapy will now help asymptomatic Covid-19 patients and those experiencing mild symptoms at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) deal with anxiety and depression as they undergo treatment in isolation wards.
The institute has installed an FM radio broadcasting-based music system in the common area of the isolation wards in its 200-bed Covid-19 Hospital, after discussions with a team of psychiatrists and psychologists. The experts were of the view that a patient in isolation tends to think negatively and is more likely to slip into depression. Music can help divert such thoughts towards positivity, they told authorities.
“On the recommendation of the experts, we have installed an FM radio-based music system in the common area. Patients can listen to the music and even dance a bit if they want. It will make them feel good and reduce their stress levels, and help them recover sooner,” said RMLIMS spokesperson Dr Srikesh Singh.
The hospital has cubicles at a safe distance from each other for Covid-19 patients, who have to be isolated. The nursing station is in front of the cubicles and that’s where the speakers would be put up for all to listen to music. The volume of the music has been fixed at a level so that does not disturb those napping during the day. They system would be switched off at night. “Not just patients, but even the hospital staff has given a positive feedback,” Singh added.