Conspiracy against Indian system of medicine in Kerala?

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Conspiracy against Indian system of medicine in Kerala?

Sunday, 07 June 2020 | Kumar Chellappan | KOCHI/CHENNAI

The unabated increase in the number of Covid-19 pandemic in India could no more be attributed to the ‘disregard’ and ‘scant respect’ shown by the people of the country but only due to the ego complex and hunger for power among a group of bureaucrats and practitioners of modern medicine, according to seasoned and highly venerated physicians belonging to the modern medicine and Indian system of medicine stream.

Though a drug with protocol for treatment of Covid-19 was submitted to the Ministry of Ayush on April 15 this year by a medical research team led by Dr PR Krishnakumar of Coimbatore, the Ministry has not bothered to consider the proposal.

Despite thousands dying per day because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the number of patients increasing by the hour, the Ministry or the department of Ayush which has been constituted by the Central Government to promote the Indian system of medicine has not bothered to put for clinical trials the Ayurvedic drug developed by Dr Krishnakumar and his research team.

Adding insult to injury, the Ayush department of Kerala has banned the practitioners of Indian system of medicine from attending to Covid-19 patients.

A Kerala Government order issued by the Secretary (Ayush)  dated June 1, 2020 mandates that “all patients with symptoms such as fever, cough, headache and respiratory tract infections should be referred to Modern Medicine Hospitals in accordance with the protocols of Health Department”.

The Government Order further states that all inpatient therapies requiring physical contact may be avoided. Interestingly, the Secretary (Ayush) in the Kerala Government is Dr Sharmila Mary Joseph, a MBBS graduate turned IAS officer.

“This is yet another proof of the conspiracy by vested interests against the Indian System of Medicine, especially the Ayurvedic stream,” said Dr CV Krishnaswamy, eminent physician and diabetologist who strongly believes that Ayurveda is the answer to the covid-19 pandemic. Dr Krishnaswamy, a widely respected medical scientists because of his acumen and expertise in treating Type 2 Diabetics.

Dr P R Krishnakumar, a globally respected Ayurvedic physician, whose advice is sought by countries in Europe and other Asian nations is shocked over the callousness being shown by ‘babus’ in New Delhi towards Ayurveda. “The Indian Council of Medical  Research has been monopolised by modern medicine specialists. How can medical experts with no knowledge about Ayurveda preside over meetings to decide the fate of this branch of medicine? It takes six years of hard work and perseverance for a person to graduate as an Ayurvedic practitioner. Even after emerging as a practitioner, his/her studies do not end. It is a lifelong study,” said Dr Krishnakumar from Coimbatore.

Both Dr Krishnakumar and Dr Krishnaswamy are not surprised by the ever growing number of covid patients in India. “The Government should understand that there is no ready made medicine available in modern medicine and a vaccine materialising in the near future looks bleak,” said Dr Krishnaswamy.     

Dr PLT Girija, Ayurvedic physician said the term clinical trial was alien to the Ayurvedic system. “Clinical trials are to test the possibility of adverse reaction of a medicine. If the medicine given to a patient causes adverse drug reaction, it is not chikilsa (treatment),” said Dr Girija  whose clinic has no dearth of any covid-19 patients whom she cures like a mother does to her kids.

Dr Krishnakumar is of the view that the day is not far off when India would reach the top of the hill, boasting of the highest number of covid-19 patients.

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