Oct 30,2011
Several government ministers will hold discussions on
ayurvedic medicine with an Indian delegation this week, November 2 to
5. Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and
Communications Dr Surujrattan Rambachan and Minister of Tourism Dr
Rupert Griffith will meet with members of the delegation led by Shri
Anil Kumar, secretary Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare,
Department of AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Siddha and
Homeopathy), Indian High Commissioner, Sri Malay Mishra said. Other
members of the Indian delegation are Dr Deo Dutt Sharma, joint
secretary, AYUSH, Sri Bala Persad, National Medicinal Plants Board, Dr
DC Katoch, adviser and Dr Ravi Narayan Acharya, associate professor,
Gujarat Ayurvedic University.
This visit is a follow-up to the International
Conference and Exhibition on Ayurveda held in collaboration with the
University of the West Indies (UWI) in August 2010, Mishra said. The
delegation will also meet members of the Alternative Medical Board;
Faculty Members of the University of the West Indies; the University of
Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) and several medical practitioners. There has
been a mushrooming of ayurvedic practitioners in Trinidad and Tobago
within recent years, and several plants are now cultivated locally.
The Indian High Commission in collaboration with
several Government ministries will hold a one-day seminar and two
workshops at the NCIC’s auditorium, Divali Nagar on November 4 and 5,
starting at 11 am. The delegation will also visit Tobago on Friday. Sri
Mishra said Ayurveda was the ancient philosophy of health and
wellbeing. “It means the art of living wisely, and it is considered by
many scholars to be the oldest healing science. “Ayurveda is a holistic
approach to health that is designed to help people live long, healthy
and well-balanced lives. It has been practised in India for at least
5,000 years and is also popular in Western societies.”
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