There have been enough positive experiences with Reiki treatment across the United States, to warrant hospitals making it an official part of their services. According to one nurse at the Usui Center for Natural Healing in Denver, she has "gained more patience, understanding, empathy, and love for patients, in addition to the actual healing ability," through the acquirement of Reiki skills (Sell). Marilyn Vega, a nurse at the Manhattan Eye, Ear, and Throat Hospital in New York, says "Reiki sessions cause patients to heal faster with less pain" (Rand). Patients have asked Vega to do Reiki on them in operating and recovery rooms, on cancer patients, bone marrow transplant patients, and AIDS patients. "Recognizing the value of Reiki in patient care, 6 doctors and 25 nurses have taken Reiki training with her" (Rand). Other hospitals all across the country also have similar stories to share. There is a Reiki Clinic at the Tucson Medical Center in Arizona, Portsmouth Regional Hospital in New Hampshire, California Pacific Medical Center, University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, and Foote Hospital in Jackson, Michigan just to name a few. Dr. Cantwell from California states: "I have found Reiki to be useful in the treatment of acute illnesses such as musculoskeletal injury / pain, headaches, acute infections, and asthma. Reiki is also useful for patients with chronic illnesses, especially those associated with chronic pain" (Rand).
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