The practice of Medicine has advanced technologically by leaps and bounds, pari passu with the latest discoveries and inventions of Modern Science like Angiography, CT Scan, MRI, PET scan, stem cells etc. But from the patient's point of view, modern medicine has become "sour grapes" beyond the reach of the common man. For example, a visit to an Interventional Cardiologist will lighten his purse by around INR 50000.00. No wonder that patients are more inclined to try alternative systems of Medicine like Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Pranic healing.
Another problem with the practitioners of Modern Medicine, especially with those belonging to the present generation, is the decreased importance of clinical medicine. Our ancestors treated people effectively by using just their five senses, augmented perhaps by the stethoscope. Today's modern doctor cannot diagnose any illness unless he sees a CT Angio or an MRI scan. The pathetic clinical knowledge of the average medical student bears testimony to this fact. Unlike this, a Homeopath records all the patient's symptoms according to the principles of HOmeopathy and by this very act, the patient feels close to the Homeopath. Hence the massive adoration to this system even when it is proved time and again that Homeopathy has no scientific basis.
We have ourselves to blame if more and more people are attracted to unscientific systems. It is high time the practitioners of "Evidence Based Medicine" (dubbed as Allopathy by Dr Hahnemann) wake up to the realities of the ground situation and place clinical medicine back on top. It is also a duty of every one of us to open up the hoax that Homeopathy is.
When I just mentioned my experience in my previous blog about Homeopathy, I got an avalanche of comments defending their system. This goes to show that "Jaroor, Daal mein kuch kala hai." Raise all EBM practitioners, the time to raise our collective voice is NOW or NEVER.
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