The doctors of Indian Medical Association will hold a nationwide protest against the Centre’s nod to Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgeries. The IMA urged all medical practitioners to join the protest on December 11. On the other hand, the Ayurvedic doctors have welcomed the government’s move. The doctors are demanding the withdrawal of the Central Council of Indian Medicine’s notification permitting postgraduate practitioners of a specific stream of Ayurveda to be trained to perform general surgeries.