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Healthcare delivery needs unified approach

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Says home remedies can check unnecessary synthetic drugging Barnala says home remedies can check unnecessary synthetic drugging

TRADITIONAL HEALTHCARE: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala releasing the special issue of the Herbal Unani Med, a health magazine, in Chennai on Saturday. It was received by the Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali (right). Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah , president, Niamath Science Academy, is also in the picture. — Photo: S. S. Kumar

CHENNAI: Governor Surjit Singh Barnala has called for a unified approach to the planning of healthcare delivery in the country.

He was inaugurating an herbal garden project for institutions and delivering the valedictory address at a seminar on `traditional medicine', organised by the Niamath Science Academy (NSA), on Saturday.

He said that besides traditional medical education and research programme, emphasis must be laid on indigenous healthcare. "There is a need to interplay both traditional medicine and modern allopathy. It is time traditional healers thought of using a modern approach to validating their products, and this will help in marketing the products."

The Governor said at least in healthcare, home remedies could check unnecessary synthetic drugging. Traditional medicine was a valuable resource in the healthcare delivery system, and there was now a global demand for it. Proper utilisation of manpower in the traditional healthcare was the need of the hour.

An appeal

The Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali, who presided over the function, appealed to educational institutions to help in the propagation of herbal gardens.

He would provide some land at Amir Mahal, his official residence, to achieve the objective. K. Meer Mustafa Hussain, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Dr.M.G.R. Medical University, said a centre for excellence had been set up at the university for promoting the traditional system of Indian medicines.

Hakim Syed Khaleefathullah, president of NSA; Sultan A. Ismail, secretary general; and Syed M.M. Ameen, organising secretary, spoke.

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