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Nagpur
doctors perform fire ritual Nagpur:
'Doctors treat, but God heals,' so goes the adage. But in an amusing incident,
doctors in Nagpur invoked the Gods by performing a fire ritual for the good health
and longevity of the people. "All the doctors sitting here are praying that their
patients be blessed with good health and over all everyone is blessed with good
health. Although it's a religious event but behind this event there is a social
event," said Avinash Singhvi, organiser of the event. Doctors said the fire ritual
was nothing but a manifestation of the Hippocratic oath that they took the day
they had stepped into the profession, whereby they had sworn by God's name and
in the witness of all Gods and Goddesses to work for the good health and cause
of all humanity. "All the doctors perform the treatment but behind the hand of
the god is omnipresent and every one believes in this statement. This is the reason
why this ritual is being performed," said Shailesh Upadhay, a medical consultant.
They also felt that there was nothing wrong in performing the 'pooja' (Hindu ritual)
as science and spirituality have for long been related, - 'when science fails,
spirituality comes into play.' -May
11, 2009 |
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