«Drenaje de sangre» en la India para curar enfermedades

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 patients line up as Mohammed Iqbal, (2nd L), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applies cuts to the feet of a man at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 patients line up after Mohammed Iqbal (not pictured), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applied cuts at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 Mohammed Iqbal, son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applies cuts to the arm of an Indian woman at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 Mohammed Iqbal, (L), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applies cuts to the feet of an Indian woman at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 patients sit on benches after Mohammed Iqbal (not pictured), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applied cuts for bloodletting at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 an Indian woman allows her blood to drain after Mohammed Iqbal (not pictured), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas applied cuts for bloodletting at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 an Indian woman grimaces in pain as she gets cut for bloodletting by Mohammed Iqbal (not pictured), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 Mohammed Iqbal, son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, applies cuts to the arm of an Indian woman at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA

TO GO WITH India-therapy-health-doctors,FEATURE by Rupam Nair In this photograph taken on July 2, 2013 an Indian woman covers her face in pain as she is cut on her hand by Mohammed Iqbal, (R), son of elderly doctor Mohammed Gyas, at their open air clinic outside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi. Among a handful of poorer, and sometimes remote, communities in India, traditional practices like bloodletting are favoured. About 50 patients queue each day at the open-air clinic in the shadow of India's largest mosque, the Jama Masjid, for the treatment which Gyas says can cure everything from paralysis to diabetes and even cervical cancer. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA