Doctors stage State-wide protests against ‘mixopathy’
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Withdraw notification permitting Ayurveda practitioners to carry out surgical procedures, says Indian Medical Association
Members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Tamil Nadu State Branch, on Tuesday staged demonstrations throughout the State against “mixopathy”.
This was a part of the nationwide protest known as by the IMA. They had been demanding withdrawal of a notification issued by the Central Council of Indian Medicine approving M.S. (General Surgery) for Ayurveda graduates to carry out 58 varieties of surgical procedures.
Several docs of the federal government and personal sectors, in addition to members of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association, took half within the protest. In Chennai, an indication was staged on the Government Stanley Medical College Hospital, the place IMA members had been joined by these of the Federation of Government Doctors Association.
C.N. Raja, president of IMA, Tamil Nadu, stated the demonstrations had been held in compliance with bodily distancing norms throughout the State, together with in Coimbatore, Salem, Erode and Tiruchi. “To oppose mixopathy, we have called for withdrawal of all non-essential medical services at private hospitals on December 11,” he stated.
Hundreds of docs affiliated to the IMA staged demonstrations in entrance of the district headquarters hospitals in southern districts. In Madurai, Dindigul, Virudhunagar, Thoothukudi and Ramanathapuram, the docs stated the concept would create confusion amongst sufferers and the general public.
At a time when many developed nations checked out India’s healthcare system as a mannequin, the Central Council of Indian Medicine’s notification was deceptive. The Centre ought to withdraw the notification within the bigger public curiosity and dismantle the committees fashioned within the NITI Aayog, they stated.
“We are protesting against mixopathy not because we fear that allopathy doctors would be affected. But eventually mixopathy will affect specialisation in AYUSH. Ayurveda has been a big attraction of medical tourism in Kerala,” stated IMA Madurai president V.N. Alagavenkatesan.
Members of the IMA, Tiruchi department, staged a silent protest at three locations — in entrance of the Collectorate, the IMA Hall on Salai Road and Chathiram bus-stand. Though outpatient companies weren’t affected, the protesting docs prevented treating sufferers for about three hours between 11 a.m. and a couple of p.m. within the metropolis and its suburbs. “How could Ayurvedic doctors perform surgeries without anaesthetists? They cannot don the mantle of anaesthetists,” stated M.S. Ashraf, former nationwide vice- president, IMA.
S. Sethuraman, former president, IMA, Tiruchi, stated the choice was ill-conceived and would have opposed ramifications for India’s well being sector. Moreover, it could enable quacks to thrive.
In Erode, docs stated there was neither anaesthesia nor antibiotics in Ayurveda and questioned how Ayurvedic docs might carry out surgical procedures within the absence of anaesthesia and antibiotics for post-operative care. IMA State secretary A.K. Ravikumar, who took half within the demonstration in Coimbatore, stated, “We are not opposing any system of medicine. We want purity of system.”
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