International homeopathy meet starts in Agra
By IANSSunday, February 7, 2010
AGRA - In order to make research in the field of homeopathy more potent, an international research centre in collaboration with six European countries was inaugurated here, with over 50 reputed homeopaths from France, Switzerland, Armenia, Nigeria and England converging for a conference which began Sunday.
Early results of clinical trials of various drugs used in treatment of diseases like cancer and AIDS have given hope of major breakthroughs in coming days, according to R.S. Pareek, a veteran homeopath.
Pareek, 80, who has written books on cancer and kidney diseases in German, was interacting with mediapersons while talking about the international homeopathy conference. Pareek is working on four more books currently.
The conference and workshops which will conclude Feb 10 was inaugurated by the Vice Chancellor of the Agra University K.N. Tripathi.
Pareek told IANS: “Each year we have to stay away for months to train homeopaths in European countries. Travelling takes a heavy toll of time and resources. We have thus established the International Institute of Homeopathic Research.”
“Through video conferencing under our distant learning programmes we would be able to reach out to many more aspiring homeopaths and promote research in crucial areas. This new centre is equipped with state-of-the-art technology, and provides facilities for internship,” he added.
Pareek said the research centre was in response to the need expressed last year at a conference in Agra attended by homeopaths from six European countries where senior homeopaths founded the Indo-European Institute of Homeopathy to promote higher learning and research.
“We will now have four month PG courses in three semesters. After completion, a German University will confer a diploma to the successful students. Agra has been made the headquarter of this body,” Pareek said.
“It would be our effort with the help of our foreign collaborators to make this centre as unique and prestigious as Nalanda and Taxila in this field,” he added.
Talking about the latest achievement in the field of homeopathy, Pareek said: “In the past several months we have distributed effective preventive dosages of medicines to counter swine flu. This apart, we now have proven treatment methods for containment and relief to counter after-effects of medication in cancer patients.”
Talking about the popularity and importance of homeopathy in India, Pareek said: “Homeopathy is best suited to Indian conditions, being cheaper and more effective. Homeopathy is eco-friendly and in tune with the rhythms of nature. The perceptions are changing and more people today are by choice taking to homeopathy.”
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May 10, 2010: 1:22 pm
I visited a homeopathic lady doctor who had opened a clinic in her home itself. Mrs. Shubhangi Bute, B.H.M.S., C.G.O., I was surprised to find a young girl assisting the lady doctor with her work in her clinic. She is still assisting the lady doctor. When I entered the room, I found there was no privacy at all to talk to her about my problems. The door was open with only a curtain to cover the entrance. The two windows were open, one of them was for air cooler while the other was open for her husband to keep an eye on her from their drawing room. The lady doctor sat near the door which was closed from inside and provided entrance to the rooms inside the house. Her sitting position was next to this door, while the patient sat near the door. Thus in case her husband wanted to listen to what the patients were saying he could easily listen to it, because he is at home during the working hours of the clinic i.e. 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.. He works in K.D.K college nagpur during morning hours. The lady doctor never touches the patients to check their pulse while other doctors in her profession are found doing so, without hesitation and on purpose. This lady doctor happens to be a Brahmin, so may be her religion doesn’t permit touching the people of lower caste. When her husband found that the number of male patients attending the clinic is increasing he sent his daughter to keep an eye on his wife. So now the lady doctor and her daughter who is studying in fourth standard both listen to the patients’ problems. A patient finds it awkward to talk to the doctor in presence of her daughter, but does not complain about it. A patient fears that the lady doctor may get annoyed and give him a medicine which may harm his health in the long run. The lady doctor tries to justify the presence of her daughter in the so called cabin by treating her as her assistant. However when her daughter whispers in this lady’s ear and she laughs like hell, then it is natural for a patient to feel ashamed of having spoken about his problem. I thought that doctors were supposed to be the noble people to whom a patient can tell all his problems without any hesitation to get himself cured of his illness. But when these mother and daughter make a laughing stock of the patient’s problem I really wonder how come a doctor can compromise the privacy of his patient for the sake of educating her child or whatever may be the reason. Is it actually permitted in medical profession in India. In case it was improper for a doctor to compromise the privacy of the patient for the sake of educating her child studying in fourth standard and any action can be taken against such doctor. I feel that the doctors are at least expected to keep the secrets of their patients and not share them with anybody. I also guess there is some law about keeping the privacy of the information provided by the patient to the doctor. In this case the doctor is sharing the information with her daughter who will further share it with her friends and ultimately the neighbors will know the patient’s secret and that may ruin his life. The doctor is hence putting the life of the patient at risk. Is she empowered to do so? I feel she deserves some kind of punishment for not practicing this and hence I provide you the address : |
sanjay