In a candid assessment of what ails the traditional medical science of Ayurveda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the biggest challenge to it is posed by the people associated with the practice itself.
He said that unless those who are associated with Ayurveda fully dedicate themselves to it with all the commitment at their disposal, things will not improve. “If you are not yourselves committed to it, how will you assure the patients... If my words sound bitter, then I am following the principle of Ayurveda. A bitter pill helps,” he said.
Modi was addressing the valedictory function of the 6th World Ayurveda Congress. Seeking to dispel the notion of Ayurveda and Allopathy being competing streams of medical science, the PM described Ayurveda as a way of life.