TN Guv bats for synergy betweeen modern & ancient medicines

Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit Sunday advocated interaction between modern and ancient medical traditions so that patients could reap its benefits.

Inaugurating the "9th Reticon-2019," a conference on research and advances about the retina, Purhoit said newer technology in surgical management of retinal diseases offered a significant improvement in the success rate of surgeries.

"While the system of medicine in which you have been trained has its own benefits, it is important that there is a continuous interaction between different medical traditions,
Lauding Dr Agarwal Eye Hospital for holding the meet of eminent opthalmologists, he said, "it is necessary to create a new model for health and healing, keeping the patient at the core of the treatment, without being fixated on a single system of medicine."