PM for practising Indian system of medicine

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>Title: PM for practising Indian system of medicine

>Publication: The Pioneer

>March 7, 2000

> Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee said here on

> Thursday that the challenge of providing medical care to

> all could only be met by practising allopathy and Indian

> system of medicine and homoeopathy together.

> He urged the Government, non-Government and industrial

> sector to join hands in this endeavour.

>

> Inaugurating a two-day seminar on "Good health in the

> millennium: Challenges for Indian system of medicine,"

> Mr Vajpayee said the two stream of medicine were

> complimentary to each other. The Prime Minister said all

> the streams of medicine had some good points and one

> could not afford to ignore them.

> He said the Indian system of medicine needed

> standardisation and research and if the country could

> spend a fraction of the money spent on modern health

> facilities for Indian medicine, the country could easily

> meet the challenge of health for all.

>

> The Prime Minister was for introducing the education of

> Indian system of medicine in the MBBS curriculum so that

> the students were well aware about the achievements of

> Indian system. He narrated several instances when small

> ailments were cured by Indian system within the confines

> of the home by the lady of the house.

>

> He complimented the Confederation of Indian

> Industry(CII) for joining hands with the Ministry of

> Health in exploiting the business prospects and

> streamlining the system on professional and modern

> lines. Mr Vajpayee praised the industry for showing

> enlightened self-interest in the promotion of Indian

> systems.

>

> He urged the Ministry of Health at the Centre and its

> counterparts in the State Governments to create, in all

> the primary health care centres and Government-run

> hospitals, facilities for treatment by certified

> practitioners of the Indian system of medicine. He also

> stressed the need to provide an adequate supply of

> indigenous medicines.

>

> The Government would set up a National Board of

> Medicinal Plants by June this year to coordinate all the

> activities connected with the conservation, sustainable

> use and propogation of medicinal plants.

>

> Speaking on the occasion president of CII Rahul Bajaj

> said the industry was exploring all possibilities of

> business in this untapped sector in India and abroad. He

> admitted the Government and industry ignored the Indian

> system for the last 50 years while the foreign countries

> were adopting our system effectively.

>

> The CII proposed to organise one major event to support

> good health to coincide with the World Health Day which

> falls on April 7. The CII will also set up a task force

> to examine all issues connected with export of plant

> based products and the report will be presented to the

> Government by October this year, Mr Bajaj announced.

>

> He also said the CII would help to motivate its member

> companies to grow medicinal plants, encourage companies

> with more than 1,000 employees to set up a Yoga facility

> for its workers. The industry would also be enrouraged

> to set up Indian system of medicine dispensary in their

> premisies, Mr Bajaja said.

>

> Mr Vajpayee released a report on conservation and

> sustainable use of medicinal plants prepared by Dr D N

> Tiwari, member Planning Commission. The Prime Minister

> also released Ayurvedic Pharamacopoeia of India and

> Unani Pharamacopoeia. The two-day seminar is jointly

> organised by CII and Department of Indian System of

> Medicine and Homoeopathy, Ministry of Health and Family

> Welfare.

>

> Minister of State for Health N T Shanmugam while

> speaking on the occasion higlighted the achievement of

> this department and the role of Indian system of

> medicine in treating many diseases.

>

>

>

 

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