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The Siddha block currently has one floor for siddha, homeopathy and unani outpatients. are also carried out in the same building.According to district Siddha medical officer Dr S Kamaraj, due to space crunch, external therapies have been restricted to certain days of a week rather than daily. Apart from this, external therapies like cupping, varma, autism therapy, thokkanam etc. Unani and its cupping therapy is done on Monday and Saturday, while varma, autism therapy and thokkanam are done from Tuesday to Thursday. TRICHY: Owing to space crunch at the Siddha wing at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital, the district administration is checking whether it will be feasible to construct a floor on top of the existing block or shift it to another location.The officials from AYUSH department have for long expressed concerns regarding space crunch at the Siddha block..