By Ajith Siriwardana and Yohan Perera  

Parliamentarian Ven. Athuraliye Rathana Thera yesterday urged the Government to introduce a joint treatment methodology with Western and Ayurvedic medical practices to treat Covid patients.  

The Thera told Parliament that such joint medical practices were used in other countries such as China and South Korea to treat Covid patients.  

Raising a question on Standing Order 27/2, he said Covid patients had been treated successfully at Navinna Ayurveda Hospital and that most of them have recovered without complications.  

The Thera said two Western medical practitioners had been assigned at the Navinna Ayurveda Hospital where Covid patients were treated and pointed out that it was important to assign Ayurvedic medical practitioners  in the Government Western Medical Hospitals as wellwhere Covid patients were being treated.  

The Thera said there were effective Ayurvedic practices which could cure respiratory ailments instantly which could be used in the Western Medical Hospitals as well.