Limbavali to look into Ayush doctors demands

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsHundreds of doctors, members of Ayush Federation of India, staged a demonstration at the Freedom Park on Sunday demanding amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetic Act of 1940 to allow them to use necessary allopathic drugs during emergencies.The doctors said that, during emergency the Ayush (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, sidda and homoeopathy) doctors were attending patients with modern techniques and allopathic medicines before sending them to referral hospitals. But the State Government’s non-committal stand on this issue has made their lives miserable in rural areas where raids are conducted in the name of transparency, they alleged.“We are basic health providers. We are taught 70 per cent about modern medicine in our syllabus. After four-and-a-half years of study, we do one year internship which is then recognised by the Central Council of Indian Medicine, an apex body,” Somshekhar Huddar, Organising Secretary of the Ayush Federation of India, said.The Federation said it has 42,000 members and most of them are in Karnataka and it will even take the Unani, Ayurveda and Siddha systems into consideration for the protest for a few more days to exert pressure on the Government to take a strong decision on this issue.Commenting on the demands placed by Ayush doctors, Health Minister Aravind Limbavalli said, “They (Ayush doctors) had come to meet me. But I have just assumed the office and have to verify the facts. I have told them to give me reports and I will see the Supreme Court’s order copy in this case and then react.”To a question about any lobby behind for not taking any stand on this issue, he said “I will not succumb to any lobby. I had given up the ministry once and I will put my foot down.”first published:January 01, 1970, 05:30 ISTlast updated:January 01, 1970, 05:30 IST
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Hundreds of doctors, members of Ayush Federation of India, staged a demonstration at the Freedom Park on Sunday demanding amendment to the Drugs and Cosmetic Act of 1940 to allow them to use necessary allopathic drugs during emergencies.

The doctors said that, during emergency the Ayush (ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, unani, sidda and homoeopathy) doctors were attending patients with modern techniques and allopathic medicines before sending them to referral hospitals. But the State Government’s non-committal stand on this issue has made their lives miserable in rural areas where raids are conducted in the name of transparency, they alleged.

“We are basic health providers. We are taught 70 per cent about modern medicine in our syllabus. After four-and-a-half years of study, we do one year internship which is then recognised by the Central Council of Indian Medicine, an apex body,” Somshekhar Huddar, Organising Secretary of the Ayush Federation of India, said.

The Federation said it has 42,000 members and most of them are in Karnataka and it will even take the Unani, Ayurveda and Siddha systems into consideration for the protest for a few more days to exert pressure on the Government to take a strong decision on this issue.

Commenting on the demands placed by Ayush doctors, Health Minister Aravind Limbavalli said, “They (Ayush doctors) had come to meet me. But I have just assumed the office and have to verify the facts. I have told them to give me reports and I will see the Supreme Court’s order copy in this case and then react.”

To a question about any lobby behind for not taking any stand on this issue, he said “I will not succumb to any lobby. I had given up the ministry once and I will put my foot down.”