Baharain's healthcare segment is keen to welcome more Ayurvedic centres, which offer natural treatments that complement conventional medicine, said a top government official.

National Health Regulatory Authority (NHRA) chief executive Dr Maryam Al Jalahma revealed Ayurveda accounted for most alternative medicine licence applications.

Of the 18 complementary and alternative medicine centres in Bahrain, 13 are Ayurvedic centres.

“We are ahead of the countries in the region since 2016 in the field of regulated alternative medicine,” said Dr Al Jalahma.

“Since 2016 a lot of investors have come forward and opened facilities and the number one in the genre is Ayurveda.

“There are 18 alternative medicine centres in Bahrain, of which the majority are Ayurvedic centres.

“We welcome more of this kind, which I would not call alternative medicine but are supplementary medicines and it is based on nature, so I think it complements modern medicine.”

Dr Al Jalahma was speaking to the GDN ahead of Ayurveda Day yesterday.

Bahrain joined 35 countries around the world to mark the occasion, organised by India’s Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).

The one-day event was hosted in Bahrain by the Cancer Care Group, under the patronage of Health Minister Faeqa Al Saleh, at the Al Jawahara Centre for Molecular Science.

“It (Ayurveda) is indeed a genre of medicine that makes you feel better, especially for chronic diseases, and it can always be sought simultaneously with the other mediations,” CCG chairman Dr P V Cheriyan told the GDN.

“It is a personal choice if you wish to go into a fully-fledged Ayurvedic treatment, where you take oral medicines.

“It can always supplement your treatment, especially the massage therapy, which has proven to give good results for many ailments.

“The only thing that we have to bear in mind is that we need to choose licensed practitioners or doctors who can administer the therapy and not resort to a local clinic or salons.

“For example, a cardiac patient who has undergone a surgery cannot be given a chest massage, which an Ayurvedic doctor would know, but not a masseuse at a salon.

“There is a flow technique to do it or else it will harm the purpose of the treatment.”

The highlight of the day was a talk on Ayurveda in 2030, moderated by NHRA Alternative Medicine Committee head Namat Mubarak Al Subaie. Participants took an oath to enhance awareness of Ayurveda and there was an exhibition of Ayurveda products and free medical checkups during the event, which was open to the public.

Health Ministry assistant under-secretary for Hospitals Dr Mohammed Amin Al Awadi was the guest for the day and also in attendance was Al Jawahara Centre for Molecular Medicine director Dr Moiz Bakhit.

 

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