Edwin Mtei
Senior Member
- Dec 13, 2008
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Babu wa Loliondo and similar doctors of faith, who have cropped up recently in several parts of Tanzania, in my view, are a manifestation of the breakdown of effective proper medical services.
In an enviroment of widespread incurable diseases, like HIV Aids, which in many cases are caused by ignorance and poverty, we are bound to have desperate patients who are prepared to believe in any possible alternative cure.
The result of such a situation is the emergence of doctors of faith, some genuine and some only people desirous of exploiting difficulties in society.
This is my submission.
In an enviroment of widespread incurable diseases, like HIV Aids, which in many cases are caused by ignorance and poverty, we are bound to have desperate patients who are prepared to believe in any possible alternative cure.
The result of such a situation is the emergence of doctors of faith, some genuine and some only people desirous of exploiting difficulties in society.
This is my submission.