The proposal to allow the doctors (ayush and homeopathy doctors) to practice modern medicine has raised tempest among the allopathy doctors nationwide.
'Doctors pursuing Indian systems of medicine, including ayurveda, and homeopathy may be allowed to practice allopathy after clearing a bridge course', according to a bill introduced in the Lok Sabha.
Against the decision, IMA has called for a one day strike and National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill is opposing the suggestion by declaring a black day tomorrow.
"The IMA headquarter hereby declares closure of all routine services for 12 hours from 6 AM to 6 PM tomorrow across the country," newly-appointed IMA national president Dr Ravi Wankhedkar said to news agency PTI. OPD services will remain close in all the private and corporate hospitals in New Delhi.
'It will promote quackery,' said Dr K K Aggarwal, the former president of the IMA.
"It (the bill) takes away the voting right of every doctor in India to elect their medical council. The Medical Council of India is a representative body of the medical profession in India. Any registered medical practitioner in the country can contest the election and every qualified doctor can vote. Abolishing a democratic institution and replacing it with a body in which a majority is nominated by the government, is certainly a retrograde step,"
he further added.