The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday came down heavily on Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for endorsing Patanjali s Coronil which was relaunched as treatment of Covid-19, a claim questioned by the World Health .
The WHO issued the clarification after Yoga Guru Ramdev who owns Patanjali claimed that Coronil has received the nod from the Indian government and the WHO. Ramdev also said that Coronil is highly effective in boosting immunity and controlling Covid-19. The government has given the green signal after completing the entire scientific research evidence, which is based on the international parameters. The country and the world also agreed, the WHO also agreed and now we have the option to sell Coronil in more than 150 countries with scientific evidence, Ramdev told ANI on Friday. Covid-19 vaccines may take some time to increase immunity. Those who are not getting vaccines can take Coronil, because there is nothing better than this. Coronil is useful in evidence-based treatment for Covid-19 prevention and very useful for post-Covid complications also, Ramdev added.
Insult to the Whole Nation : IMA on Harsh Vardhan endorsing Patanjali s Coronil
IMA also questioned the Union Health Minister s ethics as a physician and health minister of the country
Monday February 22, 2021 2:05 PM, IANS
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday came down heavily on Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan for endorsing Patanjali s Coronil which was relaunched as treatment of Covid-19, a claim questioned by the World Health Organisation. As per the code of the Medical Council of India, which binds the code of conduct of every modern medical doctor, no doctor can promote any drug. However, it is surprising that the health minister, who himself is a modern medicine doctor, was found promoting the drug, the association said.
‘GMP certificate for coronil doesn’t guarantee its efficacy’
Patanjali’s Coronil certification doesn’t guarantee efficacy in Covid cure: Govt
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New Delhi: The Ayush ministry on Monday said Patanjali’s good manufacturing practices (GMP) certificate does not vouch for the efficacy of the drug for any disease condition. The clarification comes a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a tweet that it had not reviewed or certified any traditional medicine to treat or prevent covid-19.
“Patanjali has only a GMP certificate from the apex drug regulator, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), and a manufacturing licence from the Uttarakhand state government as a prophylactic drug, a senior Ayush ministry official said, seeking anonymity.
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI): Yoga Guru Ramdev released a research paper on the "first evidence-based medicine for COVID-19 by Patanjali" in presence of Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday in Delhi.