Unani
hospitals across the State are finding it difficult to serve patients
due to irregular medicine supply, authoritarian apathy and fund crunch.
Owing to unique in treatment methods, Unani medical system has been the
only choice for thousands of people. The medicine being supplied by
Government Indian Medicine Pharmacy (GIMP) is not regular and is
inadequate.
On
condition of anonymity, a doctor said that several medicines used to
treat neurological health issues were not supplied by the pharmacy. He
said, “The pharmacy does not supply the raw material, medicine and other
ingredients citing high costs and lack of funds.” The Unani hospitals
work under AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy)
department. Sources in the AYUSH said that getting ingredients was the
biggest challenge being faced by the department. The ingredients include
saffron, mishk, vij turkey, buch, singhada, jund e basta, mastagi
roomi, ustu quddus. These are brought from Spain, Turkey, Iran,
Afghanistan, Italy among other countries.
In the absence of these ingredients, doctors are using alternatives to prepare the formulae. On the other hand, staff and fund crunch is deteriorating the condition of Unani hospitals in the State. Sources revealed that there were no appointments in the Unani hospitals for a long time. Apart from doctors, paramedical staff, nurses, ward stewards among others were not being recruited in any of the hospitals in AP and Telangana for a long time. At the same time, the funds that are released for the functioning of the hospitals are neither regular nor sufficient.
A private unani doctor Moahammed Kashif said that government must take immediate steps to save the method of treatment in the State as unani was a side effect-free treatment. He said that authoritarian apathy was responsible for such a sorrow stage. There are around 196 unani dispensaries and five hospitals across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
On
condition of anonymity, a doctor said that several medicines used to
treat neurological health issues were not supplied by the pharmacy. He
said, “The pharmacy does not supply the raw material, medicine and other
ingredients citing high costs and lack of funds.” The Unani hospitals
work under AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy)
department. Sources in the AYUSH said that getting ingredients was the
biggest challenge being faced by the department. The ingredients include
saffron, mishk, vij turkey, buch, singhada, jund e basta, mastagi
roomi, ustu quddus. These are brought from Spain, Turkey, Iran,
Afghanistan, Italy among other countries. In the absence of these ingredients, doctors are using alternatives to prepare the formulae. On the other hand, staff and fund crunch is deteriorating the condition of Unani hospitals in the State. Sources revealed that there were no appointments in the Unani hospitals for a long time. Apart from doctors, paramedical staff, nurses, ward stewards among others were not being recruited in any of the hospitals in AP and Telangana for a long time. At the same time, the funds that are released for the functioning of the hospitals are neither regular nor sufficient.
A private unani doctor Moahammed Kashif said that government must take immediate steps to save the method of treatment in the State as unani was a side effect-free treatment. He said that authoritarian apathy was responsible for such a sorrow stage. There are around 196 unani dispensaries and five hospitals across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
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