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Synergy of Allopathy and Ayurveda for the poor
Kochi, Nov 04: Magsaysay award winner and renowned crusader against commercialisation of health care Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury today called for synenergising Allopathy and Ayurveda, which he said, would enable people living in poor countries to have access to quality health care.
Kochi, Nov 04: Magsaysay award winner and renowned
crusader against commercialisation of health care Dr Zafrullah
Chowdhury today called for synenergising Allopathy and
Ayurveda, which he said, would enable people living in poor
countries to have access to quality health care.
Dr Chowdhury, who is the coordinator of Dhaka-based
'Gonoshasthaya Kendra' project and is participating in the
World Ayurveda Congress, told reporters that while Ayurveda
drugs were being promoted, its basic philosophy that it should
be available to all was being forgotten.
"Science without a soul is a devil. It is dangerous for
any nation", he said.
Recounting his experiences in Bangladesh, Dr Chowdhury said 60 per cent of children in the country were malnourished, 25 per cent of the total population could not get proper medical care, and often people had to sell their cows and homes to get medicines.
Recounting his experiences in Bangladesh, Dr Chowdhury said 60 per cent of children in the country were malnourished, 25 per cent of the total population could not get proper medical care, and often people had to sell their cows and homes to get medicines.
Only about one to three per cent of funds were being set
apart for Ayurveda and traditional systems of medicine in the
national budget of Bangladesh, which was 'extremely' meagre,
he said.
On the controversy that the Ayurveda Congress had been
'saffronised' by organising yagnas, he said Ayurveda does not
belong to any particular religion.
He said commercialisation was a wrong way of promoting
Ayurveda products.
He also claimed that herbal medicines for improving
complexion were indirectly promoting racism.
Bureau Report