In the program "Elden Sobol" of the "Kabar" agency, the head of the licensing department of the Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, Aman Osmonov, discussed the phenomenon of patients turning to folk healers. He noted that such belief is often associated with the placebo effect, as well as with the despair experienced by people with serious illnesses.
According to Osmonov, data from global medicine shows that the placebo effect is observed in about 20% of cases. For example, if a person believes that simple vitamin C will help them, they may feel an improvement in their condition.
“Many turn to healers when they lose hope. Some of them claim they can cure cancer in its final stages. However, if folk healers could truly handle what official medicine cannot, they would have already received a Nobel Prize,” the specialist emphasizes.Aman Osmonov shared a personal tragedy: his parents died of cancer, and at that time, relatives advised him to turn to unconventional treatment methods, as “hope dies last.” In such periods, in his opinion, people become especially vulnerable to fraudsters.
“Often, victims of such 'healers' do not turn to law enforcement, believing they chose this path themselves, or attribute the outcome to inevitability,” he noted.Additionally, Osmonov reminded that legal medical practice requires passing through eight stages of verification.
To obtain a license from the Ministry of Health, a specialist must have the following documents:
- relevant medical education;
- adequate premises that meet sanitary requirements;
- necessary medical equipment;
- strict adherence to asepsis and antisepsis and other conditions.
