Astrology for diagnosis: This Jaipur hospital's methods are outta this world
A hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan, uses astrology to find out what ails its patients. The reaction on Twitter is a collective...er, heavenward eye roll.
In Short
- Jaipur hospital uses astrology to diagnose patients
- Revelation greeted with ridicule on Twitter
- A sample of reactions: 'RIP medical science', 'Quackery'
Visitors waiting on benches in a corridor. A helpdesk with a flat screen TV. Sundry instruments lined up on a lab table.
At first glance, there appears to be nothing out of the ordinary in this Jaipur hospital. Then you learn about its methods.
Two people, including a doctor, spoke to ANI about the hospital's use of astrology. Talk about star treatment, eh?
A torrent of ridicule greeted their comments on Twitter.
One of the people interviewed said patients at the Unique Sangeeta Memorial Hospital were only diagnosed using astrology, but treated with medical science.
Rajasthan: 'Unique Sangeeta Memorial Hospital' in Jaipur diagnoses diseases using Medical Science&Astrology. Pt A Sharma says"I see 25-30 kundli daily. We use astrology for diagnosis only, for treatment we use Medical Science.We do it so that diagnosis is correct&no time is lost" pic.twitter.com/PAySqnwcqz ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2019
Doctor: When a patient comes, he is subjected to astrological evaluation & astrological diagnosis. The medical & astrological diagnoses are then compared. Treatment is done with advanced technology but we take the help of astrology for diagnosis. Patients are satisfied. (27.05) pic.twitter.com/jVHAbOE6fL ANI (@ANI) May 28, 2019
People commenting on ANI's tweets were largely unimpressed -- and that's putting it mildly.
"This is ridiculous," one of them said.
ROFL, astrology is pseudoscience. Feed Your Head (@feed_your_headd) May 28, 2019
A couple of people even wanted Rajasthan's chief minister or deputy chief minister -- Ashok Gehlot or Sachin Pilot -- to intervene.
@SachinPilot @ashokgehlot51 what is this going on. Take strict action against this quackery. Shubham (@shubhamcl10) May 28, 2019
"I think I have wasted at least five years of my life by joining a medical college," one sarcastic comment read.
"Why study when you can look at stars and make a pre-emptive diagnosis?"