Why allopathic doctors are on a pan-India hunger strike
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Aakanksha Khajuria ( IANS) |
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Sun, Feb 14 2021 11:39 IST |
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New Delhi, Feb 14 : Allopathic doctors across the country have been on a relay hunger strike since the past two weeks to protest the central government notification regarding surgical training for postgraduate students of Ayurveda and have resorted to legal and political recourse for its rollback.
The protest came in response to the rules, introduced in November 2020, which enable provision of training for Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgical procedures. The notification specifies 58 procedures surgeries, including orthopaedics, ophthalmology, ENT, removal of benign tumours and cataract operations etc.