<p>Condemning Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s remark that homoeopathy is bogus, the Karnataka Board of Homeopathy System of Medicine on Friday said there was no basis for the scientist’s statement. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“Before making such a statement, Ramakrishnan should study the homeopathy system of medicine. It is unfortunate that he made a baseless statement without proper knowledge,” B T Rudresh, the board’s president, told reporters here. <br /><br />He suggested that the allopathy drug lobby and vested interests were creating this notion about homoeopathy. When people cannot afford expensive allopathic medicines, homoeopathy offers them affordable treatment, he added. <br /></p>
<p>Condemning Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan’s remark that homoeopathy is bogus, the Karnataka Board of Homeopathy System of Medicine on Friday said there was no basis for the scientist’s statement. <br /><br /></p>.<p>“Before making such a statement, Ramakrishnan should study the homeopathy system of medicine. It is unfortunate that he made a baseless statement without proper knowledge,” B T Rudresh, the board’s president, told reporters here. <br /><br />He suggested that the allopathy drug lobby and vested interests were creating this notion about homoeopathy. When people cannot afford expensive allopathic medicines, homoeopathy offers them affordable treatment, he added. <br /></p>