Documented by Goa Desc Documentation Service & circulated by Goa Civic & Consumer Action Network (GOA CAN)<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Ph:2252660 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------- Magical Remedies --------------------------- It is common to see advertisements in various newspapers by a number of itinerants posing as Vaids or doctors, providing medicines to stop alcoholism.
Since this problem in Goa is quite common given the availability of cheap liquor and what a number of Goans call our special culture, the advertisers say the patients need not be told about the administration of their 'nuskas'.
This automatically leads unsuspecting women and children who are the usual victims of the consequences of adult alcoholism to purchase these magical remedies for which there are no prescriptions, tests or responsibility if anything goes wrong.
Many do not know that modern medicine does have a similar cure, subject to a number of limitations, cautions and prohibitions. The formulation is not expensive and is available on the prescription of a qualified medical practitioner.
The main trouble is in convincing a patient of alcoholism that he or she needs help. Family members, social service and religious organisations and our medical fraternity can play a great role in saving people from becoming victims to quacks and cheats.
Francis Furtado,Khandola in Response ----------------------------------- HERALD 4/8/03 page 6 ----------------------------------
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