Calcutta, July 26 :
Calcutta, July 26:
The Howrah police on Friday urged homoeopaths and other practitioners of 'alternative therapy' to desist from using allopathic drugs and injections. This follows the death of Priyanka Hela, 4, who fell to two injections administered by a homoeopath on Thursday.
Rajeev Mishra, additional superintendent of police, Howrah, said all police stations across the district, especially the ones in Bantra, Shibpur, Golabari, Howrah, Malipanchghora, Bally, Belur and Liluah, have been asked to ensure that such a tragedy does not recur.
At Writers' Buildings, director of health services Prabhakar Chatterjee sought a report on the incident from the district chief medical officer. 'The homoeopath should have sent the patient to hospital instead of trying to treat her,'' observed Chatterjee. 'It appears he does not have much knowledge of pharmacology,'' he added.
The homoeopath, Gopal Chakraborty, who had been arrested, returned to his Panchanantala residence on Friday after obtaining bail from Howrah court. 'We had charged him under Section 304A of the IPC for a negligent act causing death. He has been asked to re-appear in court on August 8,'' said Mishra, adding that preliminary reports suggested that the Helas often consulted Chakraborty, who was almost their family physician.'
'The homoeopath does enjoy a good reputation in the area, but we have asked him not to reopen his chamber for the next few days, as tension is running high,'' added Nizam Hussein Sarkar, officer-in-charge of Bantra thana.





