IMA doctors oppose ‘mixopathy’

Tribune News Service

Jalandhar, December 8

Deciding to resist the alleged attempt of the Centre to legitimise ‘mixopathy’, a meeting was held at the Indian Medical Association (IMA) House, New Vijay Nagar.

The meeting was jointly attended by members and office-bearers of the IMA, Jalandhar, and Indian Dental Association (IDA), Jalandhar branch, to support the call by respective national bodies for complete withdrawal of OPD and non-emergency services all over India. A partial withdrawal of services was also planned to protest against ‘mixopathy’ introduced in the medical system of the country by the government.

The members said, “The Centre has hastily passed a bill in the Parliament giving permission to Ayurvedic specialists to conduct specialised surgical procedures which fall under the purview of modern system of medicine. These various surgical procedures are under the domain of multiple disciplines of modern system of medicine such as general surgery, ophthalmology and ENT etc and also dentistry.”

The meeting was attended by over 50 doctors from IMA and IDA. On the dais were IMA Jalandhar president Dr Pankaj Paul, IMA Punjab President Dr Navjot Dahiya, IDA Jalandhar president Dr Sunil Malhan, IDA Punjab state secretary and member Dental Council of India Dr Sachin Dev Mehta, IMA Jalandhar Secretary Dr Ashmeet Singh, Finance secretary Dr Munish Singhal, IMA Jalandhar vice president Dr Deepak Chawla, IDA Jalandhar secretary Dr Manmohit Singh.

Senior IMA Jalandhar members, including President of Nursing Home Association Jalandhar Dr Rakesh Vig, Past president IMA Punjab Dr Yogeshwar Sood, Dr Ravi Paul, Dr VK Vasudeva, Dr TS Randhawa alongwith many members from IDA Jalandhar like past president Dr Bhupinder S Parhar, Dr Manish Kaushal, Dr Harpreet Parhar, Dr Nitin Jain, and others were also present. All dignitaries present on the occasion condemned the way the government had forced the bill on the doctor fraternity of the country, encouraging ‘mixopathy’.

Why are the doctors protesting?

The Centre has hastily passed a bill in the Parliament giving permission to Ayurvedic specialists to conduct specialised surgical procedures which fall under the purview of modern system of medicine. These various surgical procedures are under the domain of multiple disciplines of modern system of medicine such as general surgery, ophthalmology, ENT, etc and also dentistry.