President Pranab Mukherjee today highlighted the important role played by homoeopathy and Indian systems of medicine in the country’s healthcare sector.
Speaking at a homoeopathy award ceremony at the Science City Auditorium in Kolkata this morning, he said the medicinal system was becoming more popular as it was cheaper compared to allopathy, besides having no side-effects.
Homoeopathy and systems of Indian medicine such as unani and siddha are playing an important role in the country, which faces a severe shortage of quality medical practitioners, he said.
The president said centres of homoeopathy and others have been opened at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and that these were attracting more and more patients.
