{"id":443336,"date":"2011-06-17T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T14:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/17\/government-regrets-ban-on-reflexology-centres\/"},"modified":"2011-06-17T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T14:03:08","slug":"government-regrets-ban-on-reflexology-centres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/government-regrets-ban-on-reflexology-centres\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Regrets Ban On Reflexology Centres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"33.4426229508\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monitor.co.ug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/monitor180.jpg\" alt=\"The Monitor (Kampala)\" title=\"Visit The Monitor (Kampala)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stephen Otage<\/p>\n<p>17 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>The Commissioner Clinical Services Ministry of Health, Dr Jacinto Amandua, has condemned government&#8217;s ban on reflexology, saying it was done without wide consultations.<\/p>\n<p>Although he supports maintaining the ban, Dr Amandua said the ban should not be lifted yet until the quack reflexologists are sorted out.<\/p>\n<p>He said with the recent attainment of a Master of Science (Msc) in Palliative Care, he is aware of the benefits the complementary medicine gives patients especially in relief from pain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The importance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was on Tuesday meeting Betsy Keating, the lady who introduced the service in Uganda, who came into the country to explain to government what exactly is expected of reflexologists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think what happened in Uganda is unfortunate. I think what went wrong was its commercialisation, advertising, dissemination of wrong information and extortion of money.&#8221; She said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Keatimg said: &#8220;Ours is a non-invasive therapy. We do not inject the skin and we do not claim to cure any illness. It is just a touch therapy to offer temporary relief from pain. In Uganda we trained The Aids Support Organization and Hospice Africa and no money was involved.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She said that they flew in 18 specialists from the United Kingdom to train Ugandans in the skills.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why close?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Early this year, government closed down all places that were practicing the complementary form of medicine. This was after some of them were accused of claiming to cure all ailments, including HIV\/Aids.<\/p>\n<p>Some people lost unspecified sums of money to what turned out to be a sham.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>More here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106170991.html\" title=\"Government Regrets Ban On Reflexology Centres\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Government Regrets Ban On Reflexology Centres<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Stephen Otage 17 June 2011 The Commissioner Clinical Services Ministry of Health, Dr Jacinto Amandua, has condemned government&#8217;s ban on reflexology, saying it was done without wide consultations. Although he supports maintaining the ban, Dr Amandua said the ban should not be lifted yet until the quack reflexologists are sorted out. He said with the recent attainment of a Master of Science (Msc) in Palliative Care, he is aware of the benefits the complementary medicine gives patients especially in relief from pain. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":433861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-443336","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Government Regrets Ban On Reflexology Centres - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/17\/government-regrets-ban-on-reflexology-centres\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Government Regrets Ban On Reflexology Centres - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Stephen Otage 17 June 2011 The Commissioner Clinical Services Ministry of Health, Dr Jacinto Amandua, has condemned government&#039;s ban on reflexology, saying it was done without wide consultations. 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