Global doc on duty
The Pioneer
Saturday, January 31, 2004
For the past four years, homoeopath
Rajesh Shah has been breaking his own
record in the Limca Book by treating
patients from all around the globe.
This net savvy doctor, who has
treated patients from 110 nations,
now wants to open a homoeopathic
college-cum-hospital in Mumbai, says
TN Raghunatha
Homoeopathy may not be considered as
modern and efficacious as allopathic
medicine, especially for chronic
disorders. But doubting Thomases will
change their preference the moment
they interact with Mumbai-based
homeopath, Dr Rajesh Shah.
Dr Shah is one among the few most
accessible doctors in the world. And,
you need not rush to one of Asia's
largest homoeopathic clinic-cum-
research centres at Ghatkopar. He is
just a click away on the Internet for
both consultation and treatment.
Dr Shah may not like to talk about
the emerging concept of e-medicine,
but he has been practising
homoeopathic medicine over the Net
for nine years. During this period,
he has treated over one lakh patients
based in 110 countries - a feat that
will win him an entry into the Limca
Book of Records for the fourth
consecutive year in 2004. He got his
maiden entry into the Limca Book of
Records in 2001 as recognition for
treating patients from 77 countries.
Since then, he has been beating his
own record. He is also now in midst
of documentation for an entry into
the Guinness Book of World Records.
Forty-one-year-old Shah calls himself
a homoeopath-activist. "More than
recognition, what is important for me
is to create an awareness about
homoeopathy all over the world," he
says. No wonder then that he and his
homoeopath wife Rupal have together
set up Life Force, a homoeopathic
clinic-cum-research centre. They have
also launched 20-odd websites, giving
information about homoeopathic
medicine for various chronic
diseases.
A net-savvy doctor has developed an
e-medicine data base for homoeopathy.
He answers at least 100 e-mails from
his patients in India and elsewhere
in the world. In his data bank, he
has the names and addresses of
homoeopaths working in 130-odd
nations. "At any point of time, my
team and I have 30,000 patients on
our treatment rolls. Besides, I make
the most of my database. Whenever I
get an e-mail, I see whether I can
treat the patient myself. If I can, I
diagnose the case, suggest the line
of treatment and courier the drugs if
necessary," he says.
"In cases where I cannot give
personal attention, I write back to
the patients giving the names and
addresses of homoeopaths operating in
their neighbourhood, be it the US,
Europe, Australia or New Zealand, so
that they can meet the specialist
doctors there," Dr Shah says. There
are a million homoeopaths all over
the world. "A majority of homoeopaths
live in India and not Germany where
the medicine was invented 200 years
ago," he adds.
Dr Shah laments that the efficacy of
homoeopathy in curing common and
chronic diseases has not been fully
exploited in India. "What people do
not realise is that homoeopathy is
more modern and refined than
allopathy and ayurveda in curing
chronic diseases. What we adopt in
homoeopathy is a totalistic approach.
Here, we do not believe in treating
the disease in parts. We take into
account the mind-body understanding.
The constitutional approach helps us
treat the patient at a much deeper
level. This is root-level healing,"
he says.
Homoeopathy is particularly effective
against skin diseases like eczema,
allergies, ulcerative colitis,
asthma, rheumatoid arthritis,
migraines, multiple psoriasis,
irritable bowel syndrome, nephrotic
syndrome and lichen planus - the last
one afflicts nearly 1.3 per cent of
the world population. "Homoeopathy
has cure for even Hepatitis-C which
has hit the US in a big way. The
number of people afflicted with
Hepatitis-C in the US is two-and-a-
half times more than the ones
suffering from Hepatitis-A and B," Dr
Shah discloses.
Though more known for on-line
homoeopathic treatment, Dr Shah is
more into propagating homoeopathy the
world over. Among other things, he
runs the Homoeopathy India Foundation
(HIF), whose key areas are promotion,
world-wide practice education and
fundamental research. He and his wife
also take considerable time out to
treat patients visiting their
Sanjivak Homoeopathic Centre for
difficult diseases.
The homoeopath-couple also edits
international journal Homoeopathy
Times and holds three-week annual
clinical training camps for
allopathic doctors from the US and
Europe. The Shahs are now busy
expanding Life Force, which was
inaugurated by Maharashtra Governor
three months ago.
A student of CMP Homoeopathy Medical
College at Vile Parle in north-west
Mumbai, Dr Shah has fond memories of
those days. He recounts: "Even during
my college days, I would go around
with slips carrying details about the
efficacy of homoeopathy. I would hold
forth about the medicine I was
studying, to people from all walks of
life."
In the years to come, Dr Shah would
like to set up a homoeopathic
college-cum-hospital along the lines
of the one where he studied.
Ask him what is his ultimate aim as a
homoeopath and pat comes the reply:
"In the next 10 years, I would like
to bring homoeopathic drugs into
mainstream medicine all over the
world."
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