IMA members protest against Centre’s ‘unscientific orders’
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They object to allowing Ayurveda doctors to perform surgeries
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They object to allowing Ayurveda doctors to perform surgeries
Members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) held a protest in Belagavi recently against, what they called, unscientific orders by the Union government about public health and medical education.
Protesters marched to the Deputy Commissioner’s office and submitted a memorandum to the Union government. This was part of the nationwide movement by the IMA, they said. Their main objection is against permitting Ayurveda doctors to perform surgeries.
“The gazette notification issued by the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), a statutory body under the AYUSH Ministry, specifies a total of 58 surgical procedures that postgraduate scholars of Shalya Tantra can perform, encompassing specialities of surgery, orthopaedics, ENT, ophthalmology, and dental s