The Nepalese health minister promotes homeopathy

Nepalese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Amik Sherchan recently said the government should promote homoeopathy, as it is the most accessible, affordable and appropriate treatment for the general public in the country.

‘If we promote homeopathy, we can deliver service to a large section of the population in the country as allopathic treatment has gone beyond the reach of Nepali people,’ Sherchan said. He also said he is ready to take initiative if the homoeopathic doctors want him to do so.

He called on homoeopathic doctors to work in an organised way. ‘While allopathic treatment is a significant achievement of medical science, homoeopathic service needs to be nationalised to cater to the commoners who need it the most,’ he said.

Civil rights activist Dr Sundar Mani Dixit said the homoeopathy system, which once was taken as a para-medical science, now has been considered as complementary medicine. ‘It is a system based on immune symptoms, while the allopathic system is based on clinical history examination,’ he said. He blamed the weak state apparatus for the skyrocketting cost of treatment.

Sherchan also honoured two pioneering personalities - Dr Krishna Bhagat Pradhanang and Dr Tilak Man Singh Pradhan - for their contribution to homoeopathy for over half a decade. He also released 'Homoeo News,' a monthly bulletin on homoeopathy.

Taken from: 

http://www.altmedzine.com/Pages/Homeopathy.html#HomeoKathmandu