Dr Ngong Isidor Comments on the Modern Traditional Healers' Perspective of Combating COVID-19

By Francis Ekongang Nzante

Speaking recently to a group of journalists at his Bamenda office, Dr Ngong Isidore intimated that since the onset of the New Coronavirus dubbed COVID-19,  his main concern as a Modern Traditional Practitioner has been to sensitize people on how to stay safe.

The Traditional Practitioner acknowledged the fact that the Government of Cameroon through the Ministry of Public Health had put in place measures which if adhered to by the population would go a long way to check the spread of the virus in the country. 

He said at the level of Dr Isidor's Modern Holistic Traditional Clinic, he had made available Hand Sanitizers for people visiting the clinic. Bucket taps he said had been made available for patients visiting the clinic adding that washing of hands and disinfecting them with sanitizers constituted an important routine for all those visiting the clinic. 

"We are equally advising our patients on what to eat and what not to eat so as to help them build their immune system through the rebuilding of their white blood cells so that they can be able to fight infections. The COVID-19 has a PH of 5 to 8.5 and as a result, there are some fruits we have been asking our patients to eat so that it will help to raise their PH to be higher than that of the COVID-19. That's why we have been asking our patients to consume seasonal fruits like Mangoes, Pineapple, Lemon among others."The Modern Traditional Practitioner further said he has constantly advised his patients to clean their systems regularly."

Falling back on his General Health activities, Dr Ngong Isidor said for the seven years that he had been practicing, he had done towards improving upon the health of Cameroonians. He cautioned people not to focus only on COVID-19 but on their health holistically adding that some people may die now not just because of COVID-19 but due to the fear.

"People should not forget about the other illnesses like the Typhoid, Malaria, Gastritis, STDs, (where the clinic has produced lots of antibiotics to help combat the illnesses), Hypertension, Rheumatism and Arthritis among others."

The Practitioner said when you come to his clinic with a complain, he doesn't focus only on the complain. Quoting the example of Hypertension he said they try to know what exactly is the cause of the hypertension considering that it has many causes. "If Gastritis is the cause like its dominantly always the case, then we proceed to treat it."

He advised people to eat only things that get rotten before the things get rotten. "People should go back to nature and eat natural food. The cure for everything is buried in natural medicine."

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