The members of Indian Medical Association, today, held
public demonstrations across the state to raise voice against the notification
regarding amendment to regulation of postgraduate Ayurveda Education issued by
Central Council of Indian System of Medicine ( CCIM).
Dr. Navjot Dahiya and Dr. Paramjit mann, president and secretary respectively of IMA, Punjab, while strongly condemning the amendment, demanded its immediate withdrawal.
“If such a mixing up of all the systems is allowed, the life of the patients will be at great risk”, said the IMA office bearers while maintaining that the purity of each system of medicine should be maintained and allowed to excel in its own field otherwise such a practice would destroy both the scientifically developed modern healthcare system as well as the greatly respected ancient Indian system of medicine known as Ayurveda.
“The Ayurveda practitioners should be allowed to excel in their own system and provide people with choice of alternative system of treatment rather than allowing them to practice allopathy by backdoor”, they said.
Moreover, the Ayush ministry should develop basic infrastructure and rigorous training modules on par with international standards before embarking upon the path of empowering Ayush Practitioners to do surgeries, they further added.