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Belle Monappa Hegde (born 18 August 1938) is an Indian cardiologist, professor of medicine, and author. He was the vice chancellor ofManipal Academy of Higher Education from 1999 to 2003.[3] He was awardedPadma Bhushan in 2010 andPadma Vibhushan in 2021.[3] He has supportedhomeopathy[4] apseudoscientific[5] system ofalternative medicine andquantum healing.[6]
Hegde was born on 18 August 1938 in Pangala near Udupi, Karnataka, India[7] He obtained MBBS fromStanley Medical College, Madras in 1960 and later M.D. fromKing George’s Medical College,University of Lucknow[3][8]
Over a long career atKasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Hegde served in various positions such as professor, principal and dean. He was appointed the vice chancellor ofManipal Academy of Higher Education in 1999 and served till 2003.[3] He was an independent director ofZydus Wellness.[9] He also served as chairman of an expert committee of Bihar State Health Society[10]
He was the chairman ofMangaluru branch ofBharatiya Vidya Bhavan.[11] He started a medical journal,Journal of the Science of Healing Outcomes[12] and serves as its editor-in-chief.[13] Hegde was a fellow of theNational Academy of Medical Sciences[1] till 2016.
B.M. Hegde is a member of the selection jury of Mahaveer Awards instituted by Bhagwan Mahaveer Foundation.[14]
He has proposed that 'quantum healing' can bring sick persons back to normal,[6][15] a concept widely regarded in the scientific community as pseudoscientific.[16][17]
In 2019, when Hegde was invited to deliver a lecture on "Sauce of Happiness" at the campus ofIndian Institute of Technology,Madras, he was called a proponent of "pseudo-science and quackery" by a group of research scholars, who questioned his criticism of modern medicine and accused him of promoting unverified treatments for various ailments.[18] Hegde said it showed "how much the protesters knew about science."[19]
His TEDx talk on "Change is life" was flagged by TED as containing medical fallacies and sweeping generalizations. TED said that the assertions made in the talk lacked legitimate scientific support.[20]
Hegde has also written articles and given talks in support ofhomeopathy, regarded globally as apseudoscience.[5] Hegde argues that even if one thinks incorrectly that Homeopathy is aplacebo, it is still important, as most modern medicine is worse than placebo.[21][22][4]
Dr B.M. Hegde, Vice-Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, ... have been awarded for their services as eminent medical teachers
Yet homeopathy is a paradigmatic example of pseudoscience. It is neither simply bad science nor science fraud, but rather profoundly departs from scientific method and theories while being described as scientific by some of its adherents (often sincerely).
he has teamed up with Professor Rustum Roy to start an innovative journal called JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF HEALING DISEASES (JSHO)
Quantum healing is what happens when your own volition can make it happen during the oscillation between matter and energy to rebuild the damaged part ... Auto-healing, akin to quantum healing, brings one back to normalcy. This alone can be called cure.
Lots of people have an idea that homeopathy is only a placebo and not effective otherwise. This is not true ... Therefore, even if one were to think that homeopathy is only a placebo, it does not belittle its importance as most of our modern medical drugs are worse than placebos
