Yoga Guru, Baba Ramdev on Sunday withdrew his statements on allopathic and modern medicines after receiving a strong-worded letter from Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan who called his remarks “inappropriate”. Before issuing an apology, Ramdev had alleged that if modern medical science has found the treatment of chickenpox, polio, TB, then Indian medical systems like Yoga, Ayurveda and Naturopathy have developed the treatment and permanent solution of complex and hereditary diseases like hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, thyroid, fatty liver and asthma.
Refuting these claims, UK based Professor Partha Kar OBE FRCP (Consultant Endocrinologist, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and National Specialty Advisor, Diabetes, NHS England) told Asian Voice, “As part of the national diabetes team, we are fully aware of the comments and claims made by Mr Ramkrishna Yadav (also known as Baba Ramdev) about him "curing Type 1 Diabetes via yoga-and taking them off insulin. We would categorically ask anyone with Type 1 Diabetes and parents of those with children having Type 1 Diabetes NOT to follow this advice- and liaise with their local healthcare professional about any queries they may have before trying this alleged intervention. This is not scientific and is dangerous- and we would urge MrYadav to withdraw such claims.”
