Vacancy for Homoeopath in Western Railway, Ratlam Mandal

 Source : Naiduniya news paper, Indore edition dated 11/09/2013 at page no. 12

TN Homoeo Practitioners Directory 2014

Homoeo Times going to  publish “TN Homoeo Practitioners Directory 2014” as a Supplement to Homoeo Times January 2014 issue. The directory will be a free copy to all subscribers. This directory will serve to identify the Homoeopathy practitioners. It could be a referral directory for all and also would serve on multi aspects 

Please kindly enroll your name to serve you better. Please note that the name will be included only on recognizing professional service and registration particulars. Kindly enclose your visiting card.

 

Please reply with the details as in enclosed format with in 15th October 2013. You can reach at homoeotimes@gmail.com

CDA not accepting AYUSH; Govt to bring in new Bill for Indian streams of medicines

With the proposed Central Drug Authority (CDA) excluding the affairs of Ayush sector from its purview, the Centre is planning to bring in a new bill to govern the manufacturing, marketing and other activities of Indian streams of medicines.

Secretary of Ayush Department Nilanjan Sanyal said : “There was a plan to include Ayush also under the CDA. But it did not happen. Now we are planning to draft a bill to govern the Ayush sector. But it will take time as many things are involved,” 

Based on the recommendations of the Mashelkar Committee, the central government introduced the Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2007 in the Rajya Sabha in August, 2007. This original bill, among other things, had sought to bring Ayush also under the CDA. This Bill was referred to the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare for examination. The committee made several recommendations including for creation of a separate chapter for regulating medical devices.

Accordingly, Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill 2013 was drafted and was tabled in Rajya Sabha last week. However, it had dropped all matters relating to Ayush drugs while incorporating many recommendations including provisions to regulate the clinical trials and exports.

It is learnt that considering the significance and growth of the Ayush sector, the government wants to create a separate regulatory mechanism and rules for Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy drugs. The pending proposal for creating the post of Central Drugs Controller for Ayush sector also will be taken up along with this.

The much-awaited proposal for DCGI for Ayush is still stuck with Finance Ministry, despite an allocation of Rs.102 crore for the current 12th Plan and approval of posts. The proposal was sent to Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Thirteen posts comprising of one Drug Controller General (Ayush), five Deputy/Assistant Drug Controllers and seven Drug Inspectors have been agreed to. Allocation of Rs.102 crore has been provided for this initiative in the 12th Plan Budget including Rs.7.60 crore for the current financial year. [Source]

Homeopathy Lite – Kent Repertory in android

Shifa-Kent 2.0
The Shifa – Kent Repertory is a Homeopathy repertorising tool. A handheld repertory couldn’t be easier to use.

An application for homeopaths who wants a powerful yet easy to use application. Quick search allows you to quickly go through the whole repertory.

Each chapter and rubrics are arranged alphabetically for easy navigation. Clean and intuitive design allows for easier navigation and quick reference.

Beta version offers the whole repertory with direct reference to remedies in a particular rubrics. It marks the beginning of a more robust and advance application to come.

Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shifa.kent

ICMR, Ayush Dept to form joint decision-making body for trans-disciplinary research, practice

With a view to promoting trans-disciplinary research and practice, Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the Department of Ayush  will set up a joint high-level decision-making body as the Government has already sanctioned Rs. 500 crore for the trans-disciplinary and integrated research during the current five year plan.

The joint panel, that will basically coordinate the efforts in both the sides, will have representation of all research councils in areas of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy so that research and practices could be promoted in the areas of national interest.

Besides, the ICMR with its existing infrastructure facilities will also help scientifically evaluate at least 800 selected outstanding practices already used by the traditional and other practitioners in the country as the Government is keen to integrate Indian streams of medicines into the national programmes for optimal use of the vast infrastructure of hospitals and physicians. [Source]

Chininum Sulp 200 a good homeopathy remedy to prevent malaria

A research conducted on “Efficacy of Chininum Sulphuricum 200 in prevention of malaria” mosquito has shown a remarkable decline of over 53% in cases of the disease in field test areas.

RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh government’s decision to distribute homeopathic medicine worth over Rs 2.5 crore for prevention of malaria in the state this year may come as a surprise. But armed with statistics about efficacy of Chininum Sulp 200, a homoeopathic anti-malarial drug, the state government is going ahead with its distribution.

The government is even prepared to bear the entire cost of medicine and its distribution if the Centre disagrees to fund it under its National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) programme.

Malaria happens to be a troublesome disease in Chhattisgarh, as on an average it claims about 45 lives each year (179 in the past four years) and affects the health of thousands of people.

The state has invested considerably in prevention of malaria and has a multi-crore rupee project of distributing medicated mosquito nets to nearly 9 lakh families free of cost. Besides the Centre has been chipping in with supply of thousands of kilograms of synthetic parathyroid, a medicated spray used to kill DDT resistant female anopheles mosquitoes.

According to JP Misra, executive director, state health resource centre, in a bid to prevent the large number of deaths (47) that occurred in the state in 2010, the state government had decided to distribute Chininum Sulphuricum, a quinine compound, in nine high API blocks (where malaria incidence is more than 2 per 1,000 population). These nine blocks spread in Korba, Koriya and Bilaspur districts (Where API was more than 15).

The results were astounding as areas where the medicine was administered recorded a decline of 53.80% in number of malaria cases, as against an increase of 2.80% in the non-intervention blocks.

[Source]

Rajasthan PSC – more weightage to written test

Strong decision made by Rajasthan Govt. on  PSC Homeopathy Medical Officer Examinations.

Rajasthan Govt. make an amendment in the service rules.

Now RPSC  provide more weightage to the written screening examination & give only 12.5% weightage to the Interview.

Written exam : 87.5%

Interview : 12.5%

Now many candidates have relief from political recommendation!!

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