RAMGARH: The district unit of Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Sunday began its campaign against allowing Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgeries. As per a Central Council of Indian Medicine notification, Ayurveda doctors have been allowed to perform as many as 58 types of surgeries which the allopathy practitioners have said is threat to patients’ lives.
As part of its campaign, an interactive programme was organised here which was attended by intellectuals, doctors, traders where the IMA office-bearers urged everyone to oppose the move. Dr Santvana Sharan, who is the national secretary of IMA’s ‘mission pink health’ programme, said, “We should say no to mixopathy as mixing of different medical practices would be a threat to the patients. We will reach out to various sections of people and outfits through similar programmes to seek support as this puts the health of millions of people at risk. The move will give rise to quackery.”
IMA’s district president Dr S P Singh said that allowing post graduate practitioners of Ayurveda to do 58 types of critical surgeries is like giving a knife to a child. “We are not against traditional Ayurveda but against the mix-up of modern allopathy with it,” he said, adding that the government should instead focus on improving the doctor- patient ratio. “Currently, there is one doctor for every10,000 patient, which is needs to be changed,” Singh said.