Oscar calls for more training for Tradomedical practitioners

By Simeon Okworide

The medical director of Oscar tradomedical clinic located at Ijanikin, Alasia bus stop, along Badagry expressway, Lagos, High Chief Dr. Oscar Itimi has called on the three tiers of government to be more proactive to organizing training's for tradomedical practitioners across the nation to enhance efficiency and effective services to augment orthodox medicine just as it is being practice in China and India, stressing that this will help in long way to reducing inefficiency and ineffective services in the nation health sector.

Dr. Oscar Itimi disclosed this while speaking to some selected journalists recently at his clinic. He laid emphasis on the need for the federal government to create a policy that will enhance the efficiency of the tradomedical practitioners through an academy where herbal practitioners can get a formal training, especially on the application of Herbal medicine, stressing that this can be achieved through the federal ministry of health and it should encourage states and local government to do same at their various levels and noted that Lagos State government has taken the lead already because it has established an academy in conjunction with the tradomedical practitioners where the tradomedical practitioners receives training on the application of Herbal medicine.

Dr. Oscar discussing with Chief Robinson Eregare in a function recently

According to him, while explaining the efficacy of the traditional medicine, he observed that because a lot of people do not know the importance of herbs, they are always skeptic about the effectiveness of herbs, not knowing that even the orthodox medicines are produced from herbs depending on the application. He also noted that people thinks that once you are a tradomedical practitioner, you must be an idol worshipper which is not true, stressing that God almighty created herbs for healing and there is nowhere the bible condemns the usage of herbs because they were created by God for mankind.

Dr. Oscar who was confident, supported his argument with the following scriptures verses like: Genesis 1:29-30, Psalm 104:14-17 and Revelation 22:2.

“The Bible is very clear about all these things, if you  go through these verses mentioned, you will understand what I am talking about because being a tradomedical practitioner does not mean you are an idol worshipper” he said.