Kathmandu, Mar. 14: Member of National Planning Commission (NPC) Dr. Nirmal Prasad Pandey inaugurated the Fourth Nepal-German International Medical Conference with the theme of pain, hypnosis, orthopedics, ayurveda and rehabilitation organised jointly by Forderkreis-Help for Nepal, Germany and Milton Erickson Society, Germany in collaboration with Maryknoll Nepal/Asha Deep amid a function here this morning.
Speaking on the occasion, chief guest Dr. Pandey said that this year is the third year of the Ninth Five-year Plan and we have a heavy task of improving the overall health management system of the country. Pointing out the government’s massive expenditure on the health sector, Dr. Pandey shed light on the need of developing the ayurveda with our experience and expertise on that regard.
Ambassador of Germany to Nepal Dr. Klaus Barth said that the theme of the conference is most commensurate with growing concerns and needs of our contemporary societies not only in the industrialised and sometimes over-civilised west, but also in the exploding urban centres of the east with their newly emerging problems connected with rapid development. ‘Ayurvedic medicine has won a strong following in the west, inspire of the closely knit financial safety net surrounding western medicine, because of its apparent lack of pernicious side effects’, he said.
Trenkle Bernhard, organising Chairman from Milton Erickson Society of Germany informed that the Milton Erickson Society is the largest hypnosis society in the German speaking countries.
Dr. Dhurba M. Shrestha, Chairman-organising committee delivered his welcome speech.