Future uncertain for homoeopathy students

But a huge disparity has occurred between the original
examination schedule and the current situation. According to the
printed examination schedule, the first BHMS examination for
students of 2003-04 batch, who have been admitted under CU in
October 2003, should have been conducted in December 2004 but
the examination commenced on 6 December 2005. The results of
this exam was declared in May 2006 delaying the entire academic
calendar by one and a-half years. Similarly the next exam, which
was supposed to be held in November 2006, started on 16 January
2007 and the results are yet to be published.

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Dr Schwabe receives GMP certification

Homeopathic drugs maker Dr Willmar Schwabe on Wednesday said it
has received Good Manufacturing Practices Certificate GMP from
World Health Organisation. The government made GMP certification
mandatory for homeopathic manufacturing in October last year and
Schwabe is the first such company operating out of India to
receive this certification, it said.

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There Should Be More Homeopathy In NHS, Not Less

What we are witnessing here is a vendetta by a small group of
doctors and scientists. It is quite extraordinary that Primary
Care Trusts may be influenced by them. We should all be alarmed
by this abuse of status and power. The homeopathic hospitals
provide a unique service that is patient-centred, of the highest
standards of clinical excellence and fills many of the so-called
"effectiveness gaps" that exist despite the advances of modern
medicine. Their driving aim is to help patients, not to con
them. And they actually save the NHS money by helping many
patients reduce their consumption of conventional drugs.

http://tinyurl.com/2bccgl

National Institute For Complementary Medicine To Be Established, Australia

The Australian Government will provide 4 million dollars to the
University of Western Sydney to help establish a National
Institute for Complementary Medicine. The institute will develop
national priorities for complementary medical research and will
coordinate work on these priorities with other research bodies,
with an emphasis on clinical trials and studies on herbal
medicines.

http://tinyurl.com/22vgj4

Docs submit fake papers to get jobs

A few produced fake and forged experience certificates of Bihar,
Madhya Pradesh and Punjab to land a job in state homeopathic
medical colleges. A probe conducted by medical officer Jayram
Ray has found these allegations to be true.

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