Fwd: For Endorsements - Please send by July 20 evening latest
Vaishnavi Jayakumar (Inclusive India)
From: National Platform For The Rights of the Disabled <npr...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2021 at 13:43
Subject: For Endorsements - Please send by July 20 evening latest
To:
July 19, 2021
The President
Maharashtra Medical Council
Mumbai
Sub: Seeking action against Kailash Mantry
Dear Sir,
This is to draw your urgent attention towards certain bogus, spurious and misleading claims being made by a Mumbai-based so-called doctor, Kailash Mantry.
Among the various other claims made by him is the promise of “100% cure for Autism”. He then goes on to blame parents as to be the cause for this spectrum in their children.
He declares:
”…Autism is caused by various reasons like deep-rooted anxiety and nervous, emotional, and mental breakdown. There is also no full-proof test for identifying the disease in people. We conducted comprehensive research on it and arrived at the conclusion that autism can be cured 100% without medicine…”, says Dr. Kailash Mantry.
[https://healthwellness.co.in/]
Further,
· “…This disease according to our research is not because of any defect in the child, we are of the belief that the disease is caused due to the parents….”
· “…It can be said that this disease is not a manufacturing defect but a handling defect. We have seen more than two hundred children, I have spent 3 hours with them and their parents. And I am 100% assured that due to the parent’s anxiety, stress, tension, difference in opinion, domestic violence, and other such reasons Autism is formed in the child…”
[https://www.kailashmantry.net/autism/]
You are well aware that the theory of “refrigerator mothers” was debunked in the 1970s. Of course, prior to that it had caused enormous pain for many families for decades together. Today, there is extensive scientific research showing that Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is caused by a combination of genetic and environmental factors, and unrelated to "cold mothering."
As you are aware, the claims made by Mr. Mantry who at times uses various titles and designations including that of a “Life Coach” are not backed by scientific/medical evidence.
Such dubious claims undermine all the work that is ongoing towards working for the rights of those on the Spectrum as also empowering families. These misleading claims push the families of autistic children into further vulnerability and blocks their agency. This defeats years of effort of all the well-informed persons including medical practitioners, researchers, disability rights activists, and other professionals working towards improving the quality of life of families of autistic children and restoring their basic right to dignity.
In addition to this, Mantry also claims that, the said cure is possible within two to three years of his treatment which costs fifty to sixty lakhs (INR). We see this as nothing but financial exploitation of vulnerabilities of the families of autistic children. The website goes on to claim that if there is no urgent treatment, the children grow on to experience sexual desires and “violent tendencies”. This is at all levels an abuse, coercion and extortion, pushing the families to further marginalization.
[https://www.mantryhealthcare.com/service/autism/]
Many other specious claims are also made on his website and YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX1cjI3s94ZHWzOs6RheFuw
Among these are cures for depression, bipolar, anxiety, cancer, insomnia, premature ejaculation etc. He also propagates that homosexuality is a disease.
All these, you will concur are a gross and blatant violation of various laws, rules and ethics governing medical treatment in India. It is also violates the provisions of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
We are also given to understand that complaint/s has/have been lodged against him with the MMC earlier too.
Under these circumstances, it is incumbent upon the Maharashtra Medical Council to act fast to repudiate such claims being made by Kailash Mantry, for what it is and also proceed to take appropriate action against him before he causes more damage.
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Bhavna Botta
On Jul 19, 2021, at 9:46 PM, Gopinath Ramakrishnan <email...@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Vaishnavi,Fully endorse on behalf of Special Child Assistance Network (SCAN).Many thanks to NPRD for taking this up.Cheers,
GopiManaging Trustee
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