Stating that the recent notification by the government to allow surgical operations by Ayurveda practitioners and the formation of four committees by the NITI Aayog will only lead to “mixopathy”, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded an immediate withdrawal of both notifications.
In a release issued on Tuesday, the Association has called for withdrawal of non-essential and non-COVID services on December 11 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. in protest. Emergency services including casualty, labour rooms, emergency surgeries will function along with ICU’s, and CCU’s; but no elective surgical case will be posted.
“The recent policy tilt as evidenced in the medical pluralism advocated by the National Education Policy 2020 and the four committees of NITI Aayog for officially integrating the systems of medicine in medical education, practice, public health and administration as well as research ostensibly for a “One Nation One…