Doctors should seek the help of homoeopathy to complement conventional disease management: governor of Maharashtra Asias Largest Homoeopathy Center Inaugurated

Doctors from other faculties should seek the help of homoeopaths to complement their own efforts in the management of diseases that cannot be cured with their own course of treatment," were the words of Shri Mohammad Fazal, His Excellency Governor of Maharashtra, at the inauguration of Lifeforce, a Center of Excellence in homoeopathy, set up by Dr. Rajesh Shah, Founder-Director, Homoeopathy India Foundation, and a pioneer in advanced homeopathy globally. Equipped with cutting edge technology and modern IT infrastructure, Lifeforce will offer high tech facilities for advanced health care including video monitoring.

(PRWEB) October 25, 2003 --Doctors from other faculties should seek the help of homoeopaths to complement their own efforts in the management of diseases that cannot be cured with their own course of treatment," were the words of Shri Mohammad Fazal, His Excellency Governor of Maharashtra, at the inauguration of Lifeforce, a Center of Excellence in homoeopathy, set up by Dr. Rajesh Shah, Founder-Director, Homoeopathy India Foundation, and a pioneer in advanced homeopathy globally. Equipped with cutting edge technology and modern IT infrastructure, Lifeforce will offer high tech facilities for advanced health care including video monitoring.

Lifeforce -- one of the largest centers of its kind in Asia, will be dedicated to the promotion of clinical research, education and training in homoeopathy," said Dr. Shah. Homoeopathy scores an edge over conventional medicine owing to its well systematized and structured history taking, drug selection and follow up. Studies indicate even an introductory homoeopathic training for General Practitioners can enhance the rational basis of their clinical perceptions and decisions," he stressed.

State-of-the-art infrastructure will enable Lifeforce to pursue computer-based, quality driven, best-practice treatment protocols in health care that are developed from up-to-date, evidence-based clinical pathways. Besides, Lifeforce will also promote web-based continuing medical education courses for doctors across the globe. Studies show homoeopathy can offer therapeutic options where: Conventional care has failed or plateaued, or no conventional treatments exist, or they are contraindicated, or they are not tolerated from side effects, or where patients are reluctant to accept conventional treatment, perhaps from worry about side effects. Besides, it is ideal for infants and children.

Dr. Rajesh Shah has recently created a new benchmark in telemedicine by treating patients from 110 countries through the Internet. His patients are spread worldwide from the poor families in Ethiopia or Tunisia to Hollywood celebrities and ministers, including the family of the former US president. Over the past decade, through his unique method, Dr. Shah has achieved remarkable success in high-empathy doctor-patient relationship, improved patient satisfaction, physician access and patient outcomes.

Dr. Shah receives more than 100 online queries every day. Yet, he is more than a web doctor, having created an e-medicine database for homeopathy. Home-based telemedicine (monitoring of chronic diseases, such as arthritis, allergies, skin diseases, migraine) enables less expensive disease management without sacrificing quality of care or a timely response. However, well-designed, large-scale studies are needed to substantiate these outcomes.

According to Dr. Shah, the field of homeopathic family practice should objectively and critically continue to assess and embrace technology to make the practice of medicine more efficient, more economic, and more effective. The future family physician's practice might be dramatically different from what it is today. Physicians' offices, examination rooms, and even the traditional stethoscope might be replaced by private, secure Web sites and digital equipment that records vital signs and physical findings, he says.

During the occasion, a booklet on Lichen planus was released. Over one per cent of the world population suffers from this difficult disease. A website on the dreaded disease psoriasis, www.e-psoriasis.com was also launched. Passionate about his global approach to healthcare, Dr. Shah is committed to take homeopathy to the masses. Dr. Shahs success provides further evidence that telemedicine consultation is well accepted and generally receives high marks for patient and physician satisfaction.

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