Highlights
Indian politician and former international cricketer Navjot Singh Sidhu recently shared the encouraging update that his partner Navjot Kaur Sidhu, a former member of the Punjab Legislative Assembly and a doctor by profession, has become cancer-free.
The announcement reassured many people across the country. But things started turning south as Sidhu credited intermittent fasting and herbal drinks to his wife’s recovery. The video has faced criticism from a number of health experts.
Through a video conference, Sidhu highlighted: “Treatment + Diet – Great Combination for Cancer Cure.” But many experts dismissed certain claims made in the video as unscientific and lacking in medical credibility.
Navjot Singh Sidhu and his controversial video conference
On Thursday, the celebrity announced that his partner is ‘clinically cancer-free’. This term usually means that based on medical examinations, there are no detectable signs of cancer in the body. It is often used after treatment, such as surgery or chemotherapy.
Despite being an encouraging update, things started turning south as Sidhu spoke about a diet that apparently helped his partner get cured of the incurable disease. He said she ate her last meal at 6:30 pm and her first meal of the day at 10 am.
Numerous netizens asked Sidhu to share the diet plan, but many others raised alarm. Ayurveda has been used as a complementary treatment alongside conventional therapy, but there is no scientific evidence that it can be the sole treatment for cancer.
Navjot Singh Sidhu shares ‘diet plan’ and explanation
On Monday, the retired Indian cricketer released a diet plan. At the beginning of the document, he highlighted that his partner’s cancer journey included surgeries, chemotherapy, targeted therapy and a strict diet plan inspired by ancient Indian Ayurveda.
The document recommends occasional consumption of juice of bitter gourd alongside orange/grapefruit, besides making sure to clean all fruits and vegetables meticulously before consumption in order to remove pesticides.
The diet plan also emphasises the need to exercise regularly in any form, stressing that “this is the upliftment medication as body releases healing enzymes during exercise.” It also noted: “Positive anything is better than negative nothing.”
“Baseless recommendations”: Tata Memorial Hospital alumni call for caution
262 oncologists of the Tata Memorial Hospital in Maharashtra recently signed a statement, criticising the claims of Navjot Singh Sidhu. CS Pramesh, Director, noted in a post on X: “These are unscientific and baseless recommendations.”
“She got surgery and chemotherapy that … made her cancer-free. Not the haldi, neem etc.” he further mentioned. The statement issued in public interest urges people not to delay their treatment by paying attention to unproven remedies.
“Cancer is curable if detected early, and proven treatments for cancer include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy,” stressed the statement issued by Tata Memorial Hospital alumni, raising concerns about certain parts of the video circulating on social media.
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Expert questions Tata Memorial Hospital alumni’s statement
EXTREMELY SHAMEFUL statement, if this statement officially belongs to Tata Memorial Hospital @TataMemorial
— Ayurveda Monk, The Dr. 🩺🧘♂️🍀 (@AyurvedaMonk) November 24, 2024
(I have several doubts about its authenticity that I’ll mention latter in this tweet)
To know why Tata Hospital’s statement is pathetic, first listen carefully to the… https://t.co/CXhyTiTj5K pic.twitter.com/qd5uSPt45S
Dr Ranjeet Sharma, MD, DY, CCYP, BAMS, IMS, B.H.U., has criticised the statement signed by 162 oncologists as “extremely shameful” and “pathetic”, stressing that he has numerous doubts about its authenticity.
In a detailed post on X, before pointing out the things that troubled him in the statement belonging to the Tata Memorial Hospital alumni, he asked netizens to “listen carefully to the video of [Sidhu] that I have quoted here.”
He noted that the politician first consulted oncologists in India and abroad for treating his partner’s cancer. But despite all kinds of advanced allopathic treatment, doctors told him that her chances of survival are just 3-5%, the expert added.
Dr Sharma further explained that like any common man, disappointed Sidhu started looking for methods to keep his partner alive through other systems of medicine, stressing that no man is going to risk a 3-5% success rate.
He also highlighted that the politician did not hide that he first took allopathy treatment nor did he mislead anyone to refuse allopathy, stressing: Does the “Tata Memorial Hospital alumni” have the legal right to issue such a statement on behalf of the institution?
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