Bishop warns on healers
Jul 29, 2008
By Frank Mugabi and Richard Adrama
TRADITIONAL healers and witchdoctors are the wrong people to approach when sick, the bishop of Madi and West Nile Anglican Diocese has couselled.
Joel Obetia said the procedures used by self-proclaimed healers were in most cases not backed by scientific proof and research.
He added that the healers depended on unfounded superstition and false beliefs aimed at extorting money from unsuspecting clients.
“These so called doctors are not reliable people to depend on for remedies for health complications because they are mostly interested in enriching themselves at the expense of your lives and resources.â€
Obetia was last week speaking in Mvara during the burial of Bosco Drate, a former councillor for people with disabilities in the Arua district council.
The bishop advised people to stick to modern scientifically proven methods of treatment by seeking qualified health workers.
Drate, who was also the head of the West Nile branch of the National Union for Disabled People of Uganda, was buried at Sedan zone in Mvara.
TRADITIONAL healers and witchdoctors are the wrong people to approach when sick, the bishop of Madi and West Nile Anglican Diocese has couselled.
Joel Obetia said the procedures used by self-proclaimed healers were in most cases not backed by scientific proof and research.
He added that the healers depended on unfounded superstition and false beliefs aimed at extorting money from unsuspecting clients.
“These so called doctors are not reliable people to depend on for remedies for health complications because they are mostly interested in enriching themselves at the expense of your lives and resources.â€
Obetia was last week speaking in Mvara during the burial of Bosco Drate, a former councillor for people with disabilities in the Arua district council.
The bishop advised people to stick to modern scientifically proven methods of treatment by seeking qualified health workers.
Drate, who was also the head of the West Nile branch of the National Union for Disabled People of Uganda, was buried at Sedan zone in Mvara.