Governor Shekhar Dutt attended the fifth establishment day celebration of Chhattisgarh Ayush and Health Science University. In the programme organised at Pt Jawaharlal Nehru College Raipur, the governor said that great difference could be seen in the average age of citizens of different States.
He said, while the average lifespan of Kerala is 76 years, in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, it is 61 years. Whether this difference is because of genetic reason or any other, needs research, so that the lifespan of people of such States could be increased.
Stressing on expansion of medical education, the governor gave emphasise on promoting education in super specialty subjects and on starting new hospitals. Expressing faith, the governor said that the Ayush University of Chhattisgarh would be emerged as a centre of excellence in health education sector.
Dutt said that the gene-related investigations and researches have helped in understanding the formation and development of mankind. Earlier, it was perceived that the genesis of mankind was from Africa, which reached India through Europe, but now, a new concept has been developed through scientific methods that mankind reached Andaman-Nicobar from Africa through seaways via Papua and New Gini. It was also proved that the remains of ancient genome were present in India since lakhs of years, he added.
He said that a conglomeration of different genus could be seen in the world. Gene has been gradually developed due to historical, geographical and different other reasons. Through research of gene and genetics, it was made known that the future diseases of man could possibly be treated. He said that along with allopathy, traditional treatment systems of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, Homoeopathy and the like have been proved effective, Vice Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University Dr lal J Singh said that doctors of our country have been serving people through Ayurveda, Siddha, Homoeopathy systems of treatment for thousands of years. Many a time doubts were expressed towards traditional systems, to remove such doubts it was necessary to provide it a scientific base, he added.
Talking about the historical background of India, Singh said that based on the recent research reports, 4,600 different species in India. The structure and DNA of all the genomes are different.
He said that treatment in India could not be done on the basis of western countries. “We have to develop a system of treatment according to the structure of our country and for that it is necessary to keep records of different communities,” he added.