Updated: Dec 11, 2020, 04:07 PM IST
Despite Indian Medical Association (IMA) calling for a nation-wide strike of doctors and shut down of OPDs in private hospitals, several private hospitals in Bengaluru kept their out-patient departments (OPDs) operational on Friday.
The IMA's nation-wide strike is against the Union government's decision to allow ayurveda students to obtain general surgery training. On November 20, the Central Council of Indian Medicine, which regulates ayurveda education, issued a notification that ayurveda graduates with postgraduate degrees can now be trained in 58 surgical procedures from modern medicine.
The IMA criticised the move and questioned the competence of Ayurveda medical students to carry out these procedures. They stated that such an outcome would be a public health hazard. Major private hospitals in Bengaluru, including Apollo Hospital (Jayanagar), Fortis Hospital, and Motherhood Hospitals kept their OPDs operational for the day.