‘ EQUATING AYUSH WITH MODERN SCIENCE WILL DESTROY IT’

Despite the strike being called off on Tuesday afternoon, the IMA fraternity is worried about the manner in which the so- called bridge courses are being given a stamp of legitimacy.

Dr Ravindra R, Medical Director of Suguna Hospital who is also the Secretary of Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association( PHANA) says "nobody is against encouraging AYUSH. It must be done by creating facilities for AYUSH systems and by promoting research in those systems. However, mixing up modern scientific medicine with AYUSH will not encourage AYUSH, but will in fact destroy AYUSH completely, by obliterating all the diagnostic and therapeutic methods of those systems.

Further, such corruption will make it impossible for these AYUSH doctors to work because the very foundations of AYUSH systems are completely different and antithetical to that of modern medicine."

Despite calling the intention of NMC good, the IMA State Secretary Dr B Veeranna also says, "there have been allegations of corruption against some office bearers and members of MCI. Parliamentary Standing Committee and the Apex court have also made such observations. Yet, none of these allegedly corrupt office bearers or members have been subjected to due legal process and punished, but instead, have continued to function. This is perplexing.

Instead of bringing those who have allegedly taken the bribe and given the bribe to the judicial process, the blame is being thrust on the MCI to dismantle it. This will allow the allegedly corrupt to go scot free, while punishing the MCI as an institution. Punish the corrupt, not the MCI."

The fate of the Bill lies in the hands of the Standing Committee as State IMA members are preparing a draft which would be submitted to the committee, “it is good that our demands were given heed by many politicians including JP Nadda. We only have some objection to the original bill and are preparing a draft and we are not condemning the whole bill in totality but just a few sections which are not required,” says Dr DR HN Ravindra, President of IMA Karnataka.