MTK organizes workshop on allopathic treatment

The first group of Tibetan physicians attended a three-day workshop on allopathic, started 17 October here at the Men-Tsee-Khang (MTK) hall. This workshop was designed to address difficulties faced by Tibetan doctors especially in interpreting allopathic medical reports. Dr. Kunchok Dorjee, an allopathic doctor practicing at the Delek Hospital, was the resource person.

The administration organised official function to mark this important occasion with the chief guest Dr Tseten Dorjee Sadutsang who lit a butter lamp.

The Deputy Director Dr Tsewang Tamdin, during his opening address to the course attendees, spoke on the importance of the workshop & stated that this particular workshop is a result of questionnaire forms the respective doctors from various departments and branch clinics through out India and Nepal have filled up and sent them back to the administration. He emphasized that foreseeing a need of a time and to address difficulties faced by various doctors, the administration scrutinized and differentiated the questionnaires into 14 different categories, giving birth to the equal number of workshops as well. Dr Tamdin remarked that it was equally important for the Tibetan physicians to understand procedures of allopathic techniques to aid in their treatment procedures. He also added that changes in the curriculum of medical college are inevitable for the students to know correctly on the treatment procedures of allopathic medicine.

“This is probably the first workshop of its kind”, said the Director Dr Dawa in his short and impressive speech. He also emphasized that His Holiness the Dalai Lama in his speech to College students and lectures in 1969 has a mention on the importance of research work on Tibetan medicine vis-à-vis modern scientific methods. It also has a mention on the concept of seeing feasibility to extract essentials from medicinal ingredients and make Tibetan medicine look more pleasing to patients with smaller dosages. Likewise, it is highly important to understand diagnostic and treatment procedures of western medicine to carry out comparative studies and to incorporate better techniques along side the traditional Tibetan methods that His Holiness said will prove beneficial.

The director and the deputy director are of the view that the administration will provide every possible means, leaving no stone unturned in its quest to fulfill the requirements of its staffs especially doctors – to aid in their treatment procedures. Justifying the stance, both of them proclaimed on the significance to utilize the opportunity to the fullest.

Dr Kunchok Dorjee covered the following topics: Physical examination, report, pathology, ECG, X-ray (chest and bones conditions with GL and urinary stone), laboratory requisition slip (urine-analysis, microscopy, parasitology) stethoscope, hematology, bio-chemistry (fasting blood glucose, post prondial blood glucose, random, blood urea, s. creatinine, SGPT, SGOT, S.A.P.), serum protein, serum electrolytes, serum bilirubin, CSF/ascetic/pleural fluid, absolute CD3/CD4/CD8.