 Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic Ltd
(DBPHCL), India's leading homeopathic healthcare corporate, as part of its expansion plans, has announced the opening of its 22nd clinic in India. This clinic, the second in Chennai, is located at Mowbrays Flats, 282/2, T T K Road, opposite Reliance Web World,
Alwarpet, Chennai.
The modem and well-designed clinic will be manned by experienced doctors and well-trained staff under the overall supervision of Dr Shalini Almeida.
The first clinic in Chennai opened in December 2002, and has successfully treated around 4,000 patients to date and has seen a growth of approximately 300 per cent over last year.
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Jayaraj, noted music director, formally inaugurated the facility along with Dr Mukesh Batra - chairman & managing director, DBPHCL, and patients at a function on May 26, 2004.
Dr Mukesh Batra said, "Acceptance of homeopathy is growing worldwide and India is no exception. The market is growing at a rate of around 25 per cent year on year. It is expected to cross the Rs 1,000 crore mark in a few years. We have been growing exponentially and are poised to cross the 25 clinics mark this year itself. This second clinic is testimonial to the fact that in just under two years, we have felt the need for one more clinic to cater to the health care needs of the people of Chennai."
Commenting on some key health issues in Chennai, Dr Batra said, "Estimates suggest that globally nearly 1.5 billion people lack safe drinking water and that at least 5 million deaths per year can be attributed to water-borne diseases the world over. Due to the severe shortage of water that Chennai has been experiencing, the incidence of water-borne diseases has reached alarming proportions. In addition, allergies and skin diseases are also on the rise."
 About 73 million mandays are lost due to water-borne diseases, leading to an estimated cost of about Rs 9,000 crore annually, in India, says Dr Batra.
"The residents of Chennai should take simple precautions such as the consumption of filtered and boiled water, clean and sterilised fruits and vegetables. Homeopathy treats water-borne diseases like cholera, jaundice, gastroenteritis and dysentery through safe and mild medication that does not have any side-effects."
Over the years, the clinic has also treated cases like colloid cyst, haemangioma, muscular dystrophy, Alzheimer's disease, hydrocephalous, scleroderma, chronic renal failure, IgA nephropathy and neurofibromas.
Dr Batra pointed out that in the last financial year (April 03-March 04), DBPHCL registered an overall growth of approximately 70 per cent. The total number of patients visiting DBPHCL is over 3 lakh per year. Around 30,000 new patients visit the clinics every year. DBPHCL also plans to set up a clinic in London.
The homeopathy market in India today is worth around Rs 630 crore, growing at roughly 25 per cent year on year and is expected to cross the Rs 1,000 crore mark by 2010. This growth rate over the last few years is twice the growth rate of the Indian pharmaceutical industry. It is estimated that in India over 100 million people have used Homeopathy.
Homeopathy is globally growing at a rate of 7-15 per cent annually. More and more people are becoming aware about the adverse effects of chemical drugs and the escalating costs of conventional healthcare, he said.
 "Homeopathy is a system of medicine that stimulates the body's own immune and defence system to initiate the healing process. It is thus an approach that can be potentially very effective in treating different types of diseases such as stress-related diseases, drug-induced and environment-related problems that are afflicting us in the 21st century. As a result, people are turning to systems of medicine like Homeopathy, which have no side-effects. Homeopathy is particularly popular in France, England, Germany, Greece, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa. Approximately 40 per cent of the French public have used homeopathic medicine and about 20 per cent of German physicians utilise homeopathic medication in their practice. In the UK, Homeopathy is part of the National Health Service and the royal family patronises Homeopathy."
Dr Batra's Positive Health Clinic Ltd can be contacted on their Homeopathy healthline at
1600 11 6767/ 1600 22 6767 or at help@drbatras.com
or receive consultation at DBPHCL's Cyber Clinic, www.drbatras.com.
From a single-doctor clinic in Mumbai in 1982, DBPHCL is today India's leading homeopathic corporate with a nationwide chain of 22 clinics spread across 13 cities in India and abroad. DBPHCL is the first ISO-certified homeopathic health institute in the country. The company's over 100 full-time highly qualified doctors - rank holders, gold medallists and MDs, hand-picked by Dr
Batra, attend to over 3,00,000 (three lakh) patient visits every year. In addition, DBPHCL's Cyber Clinic,
www.drbatras.com
offers online consultation to over 4.5 lakh patients who visit the website every year from over 87 countries around the world making the company the largest homeopathic healthcare provider in India.
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Dr Batra's 2nd clinic in Chennai
