Centre must take action against Ramdev for making unscientific statements against allopathy: IMA

The Union Health Ministry ought to take action against yoga guru Ramdev as he has misled individuals by making “unlearned” statements against allopathy and defamed scientific medication, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) stated on Saturday.

Ramdev must be prosecuted underneath the Epidemic Diseases Act as “untutored” statements are “a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling prey to him”, the apex docs’ physique stated in a press release.

Citing a video circulating on social media, the IMA stated Ramdev is seen saying that “allopathy ek aisi stupid aur diwalilya science hai… (allopathy is such a stupid science)”.

He additionally says that “lakhs of people have died after taking allopathic medicines”, the affiliation stated, including that Ramdev claimed Remdesivir, Faviflu, and all different medication, which had been authorised by the Drugs Controller General of India, have failed in remedy of COVID-19 sufferers.

“The Union Health Minister (Harsh Vardhan) who himself is a practising modern medicine allopathic postgraduate and head of this (Health) Ministry, should either accept the challenge and accusation of this gentleman and dissolve the modern medical facility or boldly face and prosecute the person for his words of arson on the sovereignty of the country and book him under the Epidemic Act to save millions of people from such unscientific utterances,” the IMA stated.

It alleged that Ramdev is attempting to take benefit of the scenario and create a way of concern and frustration among the many individuals at giant.

He is doing this “so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved so-called medicines and make money at the cost of the public at large”, the affiliation stated.

The IMA stated Ramdev deserves to be prosecuted for disobeying and inflicting hazard to the lifetime of many by making them imagine to “not to take the advice of allopathy” docs.

“The IMA demands and resolves if the Minister [Harsh Vardhan] is not taking suo moto action we will be forced to resort to democratic means of struggle to propagate the truth to the common man and knock the doors of the judiciary to get due to justice,” it stated.

Taking individuals for ransom and successful enterprise by defaming scientific medication are unpardonable offenses, the IMA stated.

Citing Ramdev’s remarks it stated such “untutored and unlearned” statements are a risk to society.