clinical training in ayurveda

[Guest guest]

Dear Sir,

The last year of any of the "Indian" medical

graduate sytems is for internship either at the

respective college hospital or in some remote village

as recommended by the state health departments.Me

thinks it is a weakness of Indians to comment on

anything originating from India irrespective of

whether we are trying to be adept in it or no.

 

I hope yourself is not among those esteemed persons.

regards,

Ganadeva B

[Guest guest]

The alleopaths do long periods of residency and internship and this

will allow the interns to manage (under supervision) thousands of

varied and complicated cases.

 

In olden times, Vaidyas trained at the side of experienced vaidyas

for many years before going on their own. Guru system is the best

for training in traditional sciences - but is not readly avaiable to

most aspiring physicians.

 

Example one young man has consulted on stroke patient - many young

vaidyas have never seen the full course of management of such a case

and are often at a loss and must seek more experienced advice.

[Guest guest]

Dr. Bhate:

If I may add to this. I think the reasons are very clear. Just in my tiny

State of Connecticut, I do believe the Indian doctor's far out weigh the

American doctor's. Whether or not they have a back ground in Ayurveda remains

to be seen. I personally have only met up with one, who was on duty in the

hospital in which my mother was a patient. She was a lovely woman, dressed in

her own country's clothing as well. This was long before I even heard a whisper

of Auyrveda, but the care and kindness she showed my mother was far superior

than the doctor's from here. Sad to say, my mother never once saw her own

primary care Physician while hospitalized. Dr. Gupta, took over her care the

whole time, and discussed at length her condition in terms of which I could

understand. I was hoping she had a private practice, but she didn't.

Bonnie

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Sirs and Madams,

With due respect to all concerned I beg to disagree

with some of the points raised so far in this

discussion.

 

As far as I have seen among my friends and relatives

involved in Ayurvedic practice after BAMS degree, they

have taken great pains to learn under practicing

vaidyas before starting any clinical practice. Even

after starting their own practice, they regularly visit

their respective mentors and learn the practice

at least once every week. And remember this is after

the one year compulsory internship that BAMS graduates

have to undergo. It is the same as for MBBS students.

 

The crux of the issue remains that MBBS students have

better opportunities,just look at the number of MBBS

colleges vs Ayurvedic and Indian systems colleges as

well as respective full-fledged Hospitals to get the

point.

 

It is no wonder that a lot of people get carried

away by what they see. In sheer numbers, MBBS students

out-number BAMS,BUMS,BHMS students by 10:1. The maximum

doctors we see are MBBS doctors rather than Ayurvedic

and whenever we turn to see towards them, we have in

mind the practice in MBBS colleges and Hospitals as a

reference and see that Indian systems are very

unglamorously doing their job. they do their job so

silently and naturally that we feel that there is

something missing in this type of medicine.

 

The above views are totally concerned for situation

within India.I am not aware and would not like to

comment on doctors outside India but I would just like

to say that for the sake of the black sheep, do not

blame the entire flock of Indian doctors. There are

doctors I have seen who work like none of the MBBS

doctors can ever treat at such a minimal price. It is

because of them that I write this email. I hope you

give them the credit they need and learn to use

discretion when you come across the black sheep of the

Indian doctors. After all even MBBS doctors have their

faults and black sheeps but it is the numbers, the

money and the glitter which change the perception to a

negative one about ayurvedic and traditional Indian

systems.

 

The second issue I would like to know is whether the

vaidyas and ayurvedic practiotioners associated with

this group take any kind of liability for the

prescriptions that they are suggesting to the group

members because they are giving this without any

receipt or their respective association membership

numbers?

 

regards,

Ganadeva B

 

--- vinod3x3 wrote:

> Dr. Bhate gives more relevenat issues relating to

> getting properly trained - I am sure he and others could write

> endlessly on the subject of proper training in Ayurveda and Siddhi.

> At times I feel discouraged by the subject yet I do see a little

> light creeping in here and there - but unfortunately not where it is

> most needed in the government intitutions. The problems surely will

> be solved sooner or later but in the meantime many young

> people are being exploited and their fathers pocketbooks are being

> drained - with insuffecient results.