Doctor demonstrates `psychic surgery'

BANGALORE: Dr Narendra Nayak ofKasturba Medical College did an Orbito at Jayangar National College on Thursday.The `psychic surgery'' exposure programme was aimed at clearing confusionin the minds of the audience about psychic surgery and explode the mythsinvolved in such treatments.Dr Nayak explained that psychic surgeonsusually perform surgeries on persons with pot bellies. He sank his index fingerinto the stomach of the volunteer from the audience. After the impression ofcutting the muscles was created, the person admitted feeling some sensationwithin. The finger immersed into a half inflated balloon will create a feelingof being cut open, Nayak demonstrated."Psychic healers then producechicken liver and flesh like things bought from the market to create animpression of removing blood clots and unwanted growth in the body. In suchsurgeries, the supporters of the pranic healer are those who spread messages ofsuccess in surgeries," he added.Thursday''s surgery was organised by theKarnataka state unit of Breakthrough Science Society and the state unit ofMedical Service Centre.Convener of Breakthrough Science Society G. SatishKumar said it was important to inculcate scientific temper in people on a dailybasis. Dr Gangadhar, general secretary, Medical Service Centre, said there wouldbe no need for surgeons if psychic surgeries are scientific.Nayak willperform the same surgery for public benefit at Bangalore Medical College at11.30 am, at the Kempe Gowda Institute of Medical Sciences at 2pm and at NGOHall in Cubbon Park at 5 pm on Friday.Healer still elusiveRecently,psychic surgeon Alex L. Orbito from Philippines visited Bangalore and exhibitedhis "power of healing" on some of the elected representatives and common peopleat the cost of Rs 5,000 per patient.Some of the physically handicappedpeople and others with various ailments who had gathered in the city for histreatment had to return unhappy as a city court slapped a notice on him and theorganisers of the event.Orbito had said that with `negative energy''flowing, he could not perform more than the five or six surgeries he had done onthe first day of his visit. He left the city without anybody''s knowledge and theorganisers have remained elusive to date.The police have said that Orbitois not a proclaimed offender to arrest him from another country. "There arecharges against him and we will arrest him when he comes next to Bangalore,"they added.