A Professor of Energy Medicine, Joseph Akpile, has called for collaboration among orthodox health practitioners and complementary and alternative medicine healthcare givers in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
Professor Akpile made the call while delivering the inaugural lecture at the induction ceremony of the West African Post Graduate College of Natural and Integrative Medicine, held at the Conference Hall of the Petroleum Training Institute (PTI), Effurun, Warri, Delta State, with the theme: “Collaboration, key to healthcare delivery system in Nigeria.”
Complementary and alternative medicine branches include vibrational medicine techniques, acupuncture, aomoeopathy, magnetism and herbal medicine.
Akpile, who noted that tremendous advances had been achieved via conventional medicine and technological breakthroughs, added that more research needed to be done to be able to marry together all the healing energies and craftily bring them together in the most appropriate, fast, economical and effective way in order to reverse and improve the quality of healthcare in the country.
According to him, “BP medications, Insulin injections, and organ transplants have had some good impacts on mankind. However, these advances have not been without serious side effects and setbacks in the health of mankind, especially in the area of drug resistance, chemotherapy and radiotherapy; killing more cancer patients than they cure.
“Thanks to Integrative medicine practitioners who have ameliorated these invasive side effects by balancing the effects of radiation/chemotherapy by introducing the patients to natural remedies to enable them to return to a state of homeostasis.
“Often the maladies they have are those that are still somewhat mysterious to medical science and cannot be diagnosed. This, therefore, call for a paradigm shift in our approach to the treatment of our patient.
“None of the healing techniques is more superior to the others. The act of bringing some or all of them together at a time to enable the healing force flow in the human body,” Akpile stated.
Participants at the two-day conference were drawn from Togo, Benin Republic, Ghana and Nigeria, featured Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses and other relevant lectures.
Other speakers included Professor Baderinwa Adewale, Professor Lawrence Ugo, Professor Gilbert Ezengige, Dr (Hon.) Johnson Elechi, Dr. Adedamola Bankkadejo, Dr. Usman Chiroma, Dr Anastasia Ndidiamaka, Dr. Dr Sandra Uchechi Emenaogu and Dr Itoro Bassey.
High point of the occasion was the convocation of Students and Induction of professionals as Fellows.
The list of members awarded fellowship are: Prof Oko Ofobruche, Dr Usman Chioma, Dr Sanusi Ahmed, Dr Kemi Aladesanmi, Dr Tina Obafemi, Dr Anne Iyonda, Dr Johnson Elechi, Dr Shaye Onipeshaye Davies, Dr Suliman Nifemi, Dr Samuel Akpan, Barr (Dr) Juliana Offobuche, Dr Tina Obanife, Prof Nwakakwa Ndubisi, Prof lorence Ugo, Prof Emmason Emabong, Dr Itoro Bassey, Dr Joshua Titus, Iyabo Odunye and Dr Oyekachi Emeruwa.
Others are: Prof Ernest Ugo, Prof Joseph Akpile, Dr Anastasia Ndidiamaka Akpebe, Dr Gorgeous, Chinyere Adichie, Dr Sandra Uchechi Emenaogu, Dr Okoro Victor, Dr Marthin Amoo, Dr Sarah Bediako Addo, Dr Herbalist Bello Alhaji, Dr Ellen Konadu Adusei, Prof Adedoyin, Prof Fafure, Dr Lafenwa Popoola, Dr Tunde Gideon and Dr Okafor Darlington.
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