Homoeopathy : Is it an alternative?

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The government of Assam has been neglecting the homoeopathic system of medicine. The director of Medical Education and the director of Health Services, Assam never gave a thought to the future course of not less than 800 professionals.

CJ: Hengul Preet Kashyap

Sat, Jun 21, 2008 15:53:17 IST

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Assam Government News :

THE GOVERNMENT of Assam, through the director of Medical Education, Assam advertised for courses in Homoeopathy, which was Diploma in Homoeopathic Medicine & Surgery (DHMS). Many came, studied, completed and registered themselves as doctors under Board of Homoeopathic System of Medicine (BHSM), Assam which is recognised under the Central Council of Homoeopathy (CCH), government of India.

The government of Assam as well as the director of Medical Education and the director of Health Services, Assam never thought about the future course of these not less than 800 professionals.

In due course, some of the DHMS professionals got bachelor degree (graded) from outside the state universities such as from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh etc. Now the poorer section of these DHMSes could not get themselves upgraded to graduate level, as these facilities are not available in the state.

Who will think about these neglected physicians? Now some of them are established in their self made clinics all over the state, and rendering their duty to the masses. But the sorry state of this situation is that the government. in general and the department of health in particular, is neglecting their duty of thinking about these professionals out of government institutions in Assam.

Now under the umbrella of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), all the health facilities have come in a converged package. As per the Indian Public Health Standard (IPHS), it is mandatory to mainstream Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) facilities into the so called modern health care system (Allopathy: well advocated, imposed over and controlled by giant pharmaceutical multi national companies (MNCs)).

As a step towards fulfilling the need, the NRHM, Assam appointed 200 numbers of Ayurvedic Physicians (BAMS) only, forgetting the other streams available in AYUSH.

And it is also not understood why the NRHM, Assam is asking requirement from the district health authorities about demand of public to employ only 50 munber of homoeopathic physicians as Medical Officers. The difference of remuneration for the health professionals is also not justified. While the MBBS are getting Rs 20,000, the BAMS are getting Rs 15,000 only and the BHMS are advertised to be remunerated by Rs 13,000 only. Who gave the NRHM, Assam this authority to de-escalate these professions by means of honorarium?

As per the IPHS, it is also mandatory to have at least one AYUSH medical officer in every institution of health care facilities above the sub-centre level, and also one pharmacist of AYUSH stream.

The honourable young, dynamic minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma should look into the matter a little bit seriously.

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