Well, Rajjesh, you have raised a very interesting topic for debate, especially of importance for visually challenged persons losing sight on account of degenerative diseases like RP. A host of homeopaths, practitioners of Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani, Naturopathy etc make tall claims about the potency of their treatments for stopping or slowing down the deterioration of vision and the desperate patients and their families spend a lot of their time, money and effort following their medication and therapies, usually to no avail. I have myself been a victim of such professional cheating rackets flourishing in different parts of Kerala which are still attracting patients from all over India and abroad.
Looking back, I wish I had spent those 10 years of my life picking up Java, Oracle or some such IT-related topics with my residual vision. But then, sadly, I had not heard of screen readers till finally losing my sight. Nowadays, when I try to persuade other RP patients from wasting their time and money in alternate systems of medicines and concentrate on getting rehabilitation inputs to prepare for the eventual blindness, there are few takers. Guess every patient is as afraid of blindness and the vegetative, marginalised existence it conjures up as much as I was, and, may be, we all have to learn these things the long and hard way. Btw, I hope all the group members are aware of Dr Reshmi Pramod from Kochi, who is a visually challenged Ayurveda doctor. She has restarted her practice after a traumatic 3 years and is doing well and even planning to launch full-fledged web-based consultancy soon. Rgds RS -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rajesh Asudani Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 10:13 AM To: Mamta; accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: Re: [AI] bollywould article! A blind person practicing ayurveda is surely commendable, however, I do not endorse bolywood advertisement for any doctor, and that too in this list. On a personal Note, I am often amazed by tall claims of ayurveda, homoeopathy and other such systems of medicine, but they readily give up in cases of emergency and compell one to fall back on allopathy. Perhaps they are suitable only for some chronic conditions not requiring dyre medical interventions and even in those conditions, acute phase requires allopathic intervention and then allopaths rightly blame patients for not availing medicine at the right time. All this I am writing out of personal experience, of UNANI HAQUIMS WHO BOAST OF RESUSCITATING A DEAD PERSON WITHIN SIX HOURS OF HIS DEMISE BUT WHO RUN TO ALLOPATHS WHEN THEY THEMSELVES GET SLIGHTEST CARDIAC TROUBLE!!!! RAJESH -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mamta Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 1:50 AM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] bollywould article! Ashmit Patel Bollywood: Ashmit Patel is a happy man since he doesn't need to worry much about his general wellbeing these days. One of his closest confidantes is a very special doctor. Amisha Patel's kid brother shares a great bond with Dr. Samir Mansuri who was born blind and has been practicing Ayurveda for almost ten years Reveals Ashmit,"Actually a friend of mine talked about this blind association which was organizing an event in Ahmedabad. I met Dr. Mansuri at the airport and we readily struck up a very good rapport. Ayurveda usually works on the sense of touch. So just by shaking hands with me he was able to tell me about the problems I had." now. The actor happened to meet him some two years back. Dr Mansuri who has also treated the likes of Vivek Oberoi, Salman Khan , Subhash Ghai and Ashok Mehta is equally impressed with Ashmit. He says, "I was looking for a celebrity to grace a cultural programme for blind singers and dancers some two years back. And somebody suggested Ashmit's name. I met him on the 5TH OF September, 2005 at Ahmedabad airport and when just by shaking hands with him and feeling his pulse, I was able to tell him about his problems, he was impressed and happy. I prescribed him medicines and thereby a friendship was built. After knowing him so well, I can prescribe medicines over the phone too." Dr Mansuri is now in the process of opening an organization for blind people called 'Blind Dream'. He has got a clinic for himself in Mumbai too and Ashmit meets him often there. "He is really gifted. I talk to him quite a bit and meet up often, almost every week. If I am ailing or something he can tell right away what ailment I may be having, even over the phone. He does a lot of work for the welfare of the blind as he is blind himself and I am there in every capacity to help him out. Because what he has given me is really much more," says Ashmit who has been lying low for a while but has a number of interesting films scheduled for release in 2008. Dr Mansuri also showers high words of praise for his patient. "The fact that he accepted the invitation without even enquiring what it was about impressed me no end. He is a great human being. In today's times all celebs are hardly like that and I will keep wishing him well always," adds Dr. Mansuri. sourse: http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/ashmit-patel-samir-mansuri-131107.html and also source: http://eref.in/18270/ashmits_great_bond_samir_mansuri Regards Mamta CEO, Blind's dream. 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