Ex-Kenya PM Odinga lauds Ayurveda treatment; says 'helped my daughter regain her eyesight'

Bringing glory to India's tritional forms of medical rapy, former Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga lauded Ayurvedic treatment his daughter received from Kerala stating that it helped her gain her eyesight back. Odinga also expressed his desire to to bring Ayurvedic treatment to African soil.

He stated that his daughter h a haemorrhage in brain and got operated on in Nairobi and later in South Africa around three years ago, but she was unable to regain her eyesight. Learning about Ayurvedic rapy in Cochin, Kerala, Odinga arrived in India where his daughter was successfully treated. He also ded that he narrated this story to PM Narendra Modi during a conversation.

In an interview with ANI, Odinga said, "My daughter got sick about three years ago, she h a haemorrhage in brain and as a result, she was operated in Nairobi and in process of that somehow y interfered with her optic nerve and n we transferred her to South Africa for treatment, unfortunately, she was not able to recover her eyesight. A friend of mine n suggested that re is an institution in India, called Ayurvedic treatment and we should try and we sent her to Kerela to Cochin to this centre that was in 2019 September and she stayed re for three weeks and when she came back y asked me to take her for test in Nairobi and I took her to eye specialist who conducted a test and said re is a substantial improvement and if prescribed some glasses she could actually see and when she put glasses she was seeing and she was very excited that she regained her eyesight. This was really a big pleasant surprise to my family."

Would like to take this treatment method to Africa

He furr stated that he has discussed this matter with Prime Minister Modi and told this 'spectacular' story and also said that he would like to take this treatment method to Africa and use ir indigenous plants for rapeutics. two leers met on Sunday to discuss matters of common concern.

PM Modi stated on Twitter that he is honoured to welcome H.E. Raila Amolo Odinga, Kenya's former Prime Minister. Recalling his previous interactions with him in India and Kenya, he also stated that both countries have excellent bilateral connections, and y look forward to furr developing m.

(Inputs from ANI)

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