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Folk medicine award presented to Bijapur doctor

Thursday December 22 2005 10:19 IST

 

UDUPI: ‘Janapada Vaidyakeeya Samshodhana Kendra’ (Folk Medicine Research

Centre) of Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara College of Ayurveda,

Kuthpadi-Udupi, presented ‘Janapada Vaidya Siri’ award to Vaidya Bheemaraya

Ramanna Ingale from Salotagi, Indi, in Bijapur district, for his contribution to

rural health.

 

Former principal and professor of zoology, Poorna Prajna College, Udupi, Prof M

Sudhakar Rao presented the award to Ingale.

 

Ingale called upon budding ayurveda practitioners to treat their patients as

their parents. “A doctor should not become rich by virtue of money or his

attire, but by his treatment qualities.

 

Once he speaks to a patient, half of the illness of his patient must be treated.

Such should be your power of diagnosis,” he said. He said use packaged food and

water led to diseases like high BP or sugar.

 

SDM College of Ayurveda principal Dr k Balakrishna Bhat, District Family Welfare

Officer Dr B Mohandas Hegde, director of the centre Dr T Sridhar Bayari, junior

scientist of the centre Dr Ravikrishna, Students’ Council president Akbar Ali,

general secretary Shreya Shetty, Dr Vatsala Malya, Dr Rehana Ismath, Dr

Prashanth, Dr Akshatha, Dr Shwetha Alva, Dr Ashwini and others were present.

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