Laxmidas .Khatau
21, Subodh Guru
Tagore Road,
Santacruz (west)
Mumbai 400-054
Date 26/12/2006
To,
Union Minster of Health & Family
Welfare,
Nirman Bhavan,Maulana Azad Road,
New Delhi. 110011
Honorable minister
Shri Anbumani Ramadoss,
Congratulations
for giving notice to Baba Ramdev to stop making false claims that yoga
can cure Aids and other diseases. 1 take this opportunity to draw your
attention to another similar case for your deliberation and appropriate
action.
Homeopathic
Dr. Batra of Mumbai is making highly exaggerated and probably some quite
false claims about curing various chronic diseases such as thyroid,
migraine, knee pain, skin allergies, sinusitis neurosis, white patches
(vitilgo, leucodrama), epilepsy, hair loss through advertisement
in press and electronic media. These claims seem to be dubious. The
press cuttings of various advertisements are enclosed here with this
letter. If you think that this is large scale public fraud you may take
appropriate action to stop it.
You have
stated that Baba Ramdev’s claim that yoga can cure cancer is not scientifically
proven. Are homeopathy’s claim to cure epilepsy, psoriasis, leucoderma,
arthritis etc scientifically proven?
Recently some
Swiss researchers in their research report on homeopathy declared that
homeopathic medicines have proved to be not effective in curing diseases. They
have dubbed these medicines as “dummy drugs” and suggested to the practitioners
of this therapy to be honest and admit it.
From Dr. Batra’s publicity campaign the following questions arise. I would
like your comments on the following questions.
1) Allopathic doctors are not permitted to advertise their professional
talent. Is this restriction not applicable to homeopathic doctors?
2) Is Dr. Batra prescribing only homeopathic medicines to his
patients or also prescribing allopathic medicines? lf he is prescribing
allopathic medicines, is it not against the
verdict of the Supreme Court that homeopathic doctors can not
prescribe allopathic medicines?
3) Is homeopathy recognized as a scientific therapy by W.H.O
and the government of India?
The alternative
medicine practitioners of yoga, homeopathy, acupressure, magnet, urine, reiki etc will never accept the challenge to prove their tall and false
claims as they know that their claims cannot be scientifically proven.
But it is the responsibility of health ministry to prove that their
claims are false. In the name of alternative medicines, people are openly
cheated by the quacks but no action is taken by the government, medical
councils and police.
I will
be highly obliged if you will please acknowledge promptly the receipt
of my letter and your response at your earliest convenience
Yours truly,
sd. Laxmidas Khatau
Encls Press
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