tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862455960733858476.post1232921337336449530..comments2024-02-24T13:38:06.256+05:30Comments on milansagar: বিকল্প চিকিত্সা Alternative Medincine Systemsmilansagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15881085147918411504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5862455960733858476.post-58728090345854372152007-09-16T22:29:00.000+05:302007-09-16T22:29:00.000+05:30When we said Alternative medicine, we did not mean...<B>When we said Alternative medicine, we did not mean treatment directly carried out by Genes!</B><BR/><BR/>There was a story on Kolkata TV channel about two incidents about treatment being carried out by Genes(sprits or ghosts)! One at Mograhat in South 24 Parganas district and the other in Dhantala in Nadia district of West Bengal in India! In both cases the mediums used by the Genes were Women and they were carrying out their treatments including surgery(yes surgery!), at the middle of the Night for a meager fee of only Rs.320 only(about US$ 8) for removing Gall stone! Out of which the Gene takes half and leaves the rest for the healer woman! Thousands are q-ing up every day. A new economics has emerged in that area with ex-dacoits turing shop keepers to tackle the various needs of the Patients!<BR/><BR/>As usual, the local members and leaders of the ruling party of West Bengal, are offering the umbrella of protection to the whole affair.<BR/><BR/>What else can we expect with a totally crippled Govt. health care system in the state(The health minister is more busy in Panchayat(elected village governing bodies) politics than Hospitals)? <BR/>The poor are either left to the quacks or to the private nursing homes, most of which are cousins of Hammer Headed Sharks! <BR/>I personally know of a patient who was forced to sell off his aggricultural land (about 0.5 Acres) to get his wife's Gall stone operated by the a govt. surgeon in a Pvt Nursing home, who is paid by the tax payers to carry out the same operation at the district Govt Hospital.<BR/><BR/>That marginal farmer now works in other's fields. Where will millions of such people get health care in this State? I am not at all surprised by this news about Gene Doctor!!!milansagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881085147918411504noreply@blogger.com