Hi Chetan Soni, The ancient methods and the modern science can be integrated to scientifically validate the success of the ancient methods. In fact, Retina India has started a project wherein we are conducting Ayurvedic trials in a scientific manner.
Do contact us for any other queries/clarifications. Vamshi On 7/16/11, Chetan Soni <chetanson...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we intigrate the encient indian methods of treatment like Ayurveda with > the modern methods of medical research to combat conditions like R. P.? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Vamshi. G" <gvamsh...@gmail.com> > To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in> > Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 8:22 PM > Subject: [AI] Stand up and be counted > > > Dear Friend: > > Helen Keller, the first deafblind person in the world to get a > Bachelor’s degree, once said, "Alone we can do so little; together we > can do so much." > > A good example of what can be achieved if people work together is the > “Manhattan Project”. This was an amazing example of what focus and > undiluted commitment can achieve, even though it was unfortunately for > a destructive purpose. This project brought experts together with the > single minded focus on building the atomic bomb. They did manage to > achieve that, in just a span of three years, which otherwise would > have taken almost half a century. > > In a way, we in Retina India are also focused on destruction, but of a > totally different kind. Of destroying the cause of a vision impairing > retinal disease, whatever it may be. What do we learn from the > Manhattan Project? That we need the devotion, the focus and the > undiluted commitment from all the stakeholders. To understand what it > means, let us talk about Mary Lasker. > > Why is Mary Lasker famous? Mary was an expert housewife, just like > thousands and thousands of women in India. One fine day, she received > a rude jolt when her husband was diagnosed with cancer. The two > together knocked on the doors of every hospital and every research > laboratory to find a cure for his disease. But to no avail. Mary had > to stand by helplessly and watch as cancer slowly took the life away > from her husband. And she could not do anything about it. > > But Mary did not just sit down, lost and dejected. She decided that > she would challenge the same disease that took her husband’s life. She > knew something needed to be done. The field, as it stood then, needed > to change the way it worked. And she could help in what she could do > best, which is to talk about the field in various forums, about the > research work, about scientists and doctors who were treating those > diseases, about things that the researchers needed, about raising > funds, about bringing a change in the field of research. > > Today, the field of cancer looks back with gratitude to Mary for > making a difference. It is, in no small measure due to her that cancer > treatment has chemotherapy and radiation therapies as treatment > options. The National Cancer Institute in the US is also a living > example of what could be achieved by her. > > I am sure we have enough Mary Laskers in India. Or the male versions > of Mary. If one Mary could bring about a change in cancer research in > the world, imagine what a couple of you can do. Or a few hundreds. If > change has to come to India in the way research is conducted in India; > in the way treatments are developed, all of us have to become a Mary > Lasker. . > > For decades now, doctors and researchers have been trying to do what > is possible. And patients/families waited. As some of you know, > diabetes has been known to human race for centuries, and yet we do not > have a cure for it. We in India face a major hurdle with diabetes and > diabetic retinopathy. Now, and for years to come. On similar lines, > Retinitis pigmentosa was first named and diagnosed more than 150 years > back. And yet, we do not have a cure for it at this time. > > We in India are facing a problem that is unheard of anywhere in the > world. It is estimated that we have about 10 million people with > Diabetic Retinopathy, about 3 million with Macular Degeneration, more > than 1 million with Retinitis Pigmentosa, and about 3 million with > Retinopathy of Prematurity. Just these four diseases total to 17 > million Indians. > > For all these patients, and their families, and for the doctors & > other experts in India who treat them, we have two options. One is to > wait, and wait more, for research and treatment to be developed > elsewhere, following which it would come to India. Or else, we do > something ourselves within India. > > All these years, we, as patients, and family members, as doctors and > researchers, have been waiting for the developed nations for research > and development of new treatments, and to hope that some day, that > work reaches Indian shores. And yet, we continue to tell patients we > do not have anything to treat a patient. Why do we face this > condition? Is there a lack of dedication and commitment from our > doctors? I do not think so. We have the best doctors and the most > committed individuals in the field. Is it lack of funds? Maybe. India > did not have the booming economy before what it is now. And yet, even > today, getting money to answer some of the fundamental questions about > a disease, or a treatment's safety and efficacy, is not an easy job. > Is there a lack of coordinated effort from all the stakeholders? Yes. > > It is also quite possible that the treatment options developed in > elsewhere might not work in Indian patients. Importantly because most > diseases, and some of the new treatments, treat the disease at the > molecular level; at the level of the gene. And as we know, our genetic > basis is different from those in the developed world. So once we find > out, we will have to wait even more for new treatments to develop. > > > Or else, we, all of us, rise up to the challenge, and decide to work > together to claim the same level of scientific excellence India was > known before. > > I think the time has come for us to choose the second option. For > every individual to stand up. To come together and work towards > findings solutions for the problems we face. We need a coordination of > medical & scientific work, and the same sort of focus and undiluted > commitment that was demonstrated in the Manhattan Project. From all > the stakeholders. > > Retina India has been started not to be one more of the same. No. With > our unique objectives, and our focus on collaboration between > patients/families on the one hand, and experts on the other, we > strongly believe that the organization can do something of > significance to change the field. But what is even more important at > this time is not what the organization can do for you. The > organization actually needs you, as in you individually, to step > forward, and do your bit. > > And one way to start off is to support retinAware 2011. The national > convention of Retina India. On Sep 24 & 25 this year at the Vigyan > Bhavan, New Delhi. To be inaugurated by Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. Where we > are collecting the best minds in India. With some of the best in the > world. To think collectively of India. And us Indians. > > > We can find 11 committed individuals to come together to win the > Cricket World Cup, and a nation of 1.2 billion to cheer them on as a > team. Why can’t we find enough numbers to come together to make a > difference in the field of retinal treatment and care? > > Think about it. > > > --- > Regards, > > Dr Rajat N Agrawal > > Founder & Managing Trustee,Retina India > > > From Darkness Unto Light > www.retinaindia.org > > > > -- > G. Vamshi > PH Res : +91 877-2243861 > Mobile: +91 9949349497 > E-mail ID: > gvamsh...@gmail.com > Skype: gvamshi81 > > www.retinaindia.org > From darkness unto light > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- G. 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