Re: Bensy goes down fighting AIDS, stigma : Need of integrated system

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Dear FORUM,

Re: /message/11437

Thanks to Mr.Ramesh Babu of Hindustan Times for the article.

Mr.Ramesh Babu who gave national level media attention for the case of Bency and

Benson in the earlier stages

I am a person from Kollam , native district of these children.

I visited Bency's house on May 07 and attended the funeral function.

I know the case of these children very well from the initial stages.

HLL Lifecare Limited , a PSU under MoH & FW , was doing a lot for these children.

Benson and Bency were under treatment for the last 7-8 years.

Various govt. bodies were meeting the expenses for treatment.

The medicines used were Allopathic and was very costly.

These medicines only prolongate and do not cure completly.

We all know that , No treatment/medicine has found for AIDS/HIV so far in any

system of medicine.

We heard that Senior Ayurveda doctors of Ayurveda dept. of Keral Govt. was

ready to try ayurveda treatment for these children.

But the Medical bodies which are headed by allopathy doctors never allowed to

try ayurveda treatment.

As there is no treatment in Allopathy why not we try Ayurveda medicine ?

I am not saying that Allopathy is not good. Allopathy is well advanced and good

for many diseases expecially emrgency and surgery cases.

But AYUSH (Ayurveda , Yoga & Naturopathy , Unani, Sidha and Homeo ) treatment may

be better for some diseases

Each of these system of medicine excellent treatment for certain diseses , where

other systms fail.

Many cancer patients who were failed in Allopathy treatment were cured/saved

through Ayurveda treatment.

For details visit articles on Dr.Vaidya Balendu Prakash at following links

http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/07jose.htm

http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19970711/19250723.html

http://www.cancerhope.org/prakash.htm

http://www.lifepositive.com/body/body-holistic/cancer-cure/new-cancer-drugs.asp

http://www.pharmabiz.com/article/detnews.asp?articleid=11266 & sectionid=42

http://www.padaav.com/vbp.html

Wherever Allopathy is not successful we should try AYUSH systems.

Really we should have an integrated system for treatment.

When a patient comes for the treatment of a disease he should be treated with

the best system of medicine suitable for that disease.

Sunil R S

e-mail:<sunil_r_s@...>

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Dear Sunil,

Re: /message/11437

The problem is not whether AYUSH has a role to play in the  treatment of

medical conditions or not ...it lies in the the way people advocate its use in

these conditions especially cancer and chronic conditions like HIV.

From your letter it appeared to me ( I may be wrong ) as if you have already

made a case for its use... Worrying in this context is the last line of your

mail.

" Many cancer patients who were failed in Allopathy treatment were cured/saved

through Ayurveda treatment. "

It is not uncommon to see /hear about  cases where people with cancer or HIV 

were either promised cure, falsely diagnosed as cancer (and a cure claimed !) or

were even falsely led to believe that have been cured ....

In my more than 10 years of clinical experience, I  have neither  seen or

heard of  a proven  case of cancer or HIV that was 'cured' by non-allopathic

medicine.

What is dissappointing  is the reluctance on the part of practititioners of

non-allopathic medicine to hold up their treatment (drugs or Rx protocols etc )

to the same rigours of scrutiny as Allopathy...

In other words, most of their drugs do not go through the kind of gold standards

(like RCT) that are set for  allopathic drugs before they can considered for

use.

I am  sure all forms of medicine have something to offer in terms of treatment

but all the treatment given should be based on sound evidence.

Sreejit

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Dr Sreejit E M

e-mail: <emsree@...>

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