Toeing lines of their counterparts across the nation, the Mira Bhayandar unit of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has also demanded instant withdrawal of the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) notification which authorizes post-graduate Ayurveda practitioners to train themselves for performing common surgical procedures.
A delegation of medical doctors and surgeons led by IMA president – Dr Vivek Diwedi and previous president – Dr Rajeev Agarwal interacted with media persons to clear their stand on the situation and throw light on their future program of action to register their protest against the illogical notification.
“We are not against Ayurveda or the progress of any other pathy, but by mixing and bringing a system in which an Ayurvedic doctor performs surgeries will be dangerous. It takes six years to complete MBBS, and after clearing NEET it takes 3 years to complete surgery training and three years more for becoming a super-specialist. It’s an educational journey of 12 years and the government wants to transform a BAMS into a jack-of-all-trades via a two-year course. It’s like asking a cobbler to perform stitches on a human body.” mentioned Dr Agarwal.
“The CCIM should develop its own technical expertise for surgeries in the discipline of AYUSH and practice them. Mixing of streams is not a solution, in fact, if implemented it will not only jeopardize the entire medical system but is bound to pose a grave threat to public health in the entire country,” mentioned Dr Dwivedi.
Apart from following directions from its parent physique like withdrawal of non-necessary and non-Covid solutions on 11, December, the neighborhood IMA unit will hold demonstrations in many components of the twin-city to register their protest against the notification which makes it possible for post-graduate scholars of Ayurveda to execute 58 specified surgeries.