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Around 1,200 homoeopaths in Maharashtra to get trained in modern medicine to tide over shortage of doctors
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Shardul Nautiyal, Mumbai
November 23 , 2018
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In order to address the issue of acute shortage of allopathy doctors in rural areas, 1,200 homeopathy doctors in Maharashtra have been enrolled in 24 medical colleges to undergo one-year course in modern medicine called as Certificate Course of Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) which will provide these homoeopaths license to practice modern medicine.
As of today, 40,000 homeopathy doctors have fulfilled the eligibility criteria as per Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS), Nashik out of the 68,000 homeopaths registered with Maharashtra Council of Homoeopathy (MCH).
Third batch of homoeopaths has now been admitted in the colleges across Maharashtra under the supervision of MUHS, Nashik, according to an official associated with the development. Maharashtra government started one-year CCMP in 2016 based on the curriculum drafted by Department of Medical Education (DME), Maharashtra.
A state government notification was also introduced on September 27, 2017 allowing Licentiate of the Court of Examiners in Homoeopathy (LCEH) degree holders, who have completed their homoeopathic courses between 1951 and 1982 to practise modern medicine.
This comes at a time when allopathy practitioners are at loggerheads with the government over the issue of allowing AYUSH practitioners which also includes Homeopaths to prescribe modern medicine. Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC) has been contesting that crosspathy practised in the state wherein Ayurveda and Homoeopathy practitioners are allowed to prescribe allopathy medicines is not in accordance with the MMC Act.
Case concerning giving registration in MMC to LCEH doctors is subjudice in Bombay High Court (HC). According to MMC, the state government has allowed LCEH degree holders to study modern medicine for their understanding and knowledge and that there is a lack of clarity on the matter.
Union ministry of health and family welfare made amendment to the provision dealing with bridge course for AYUSH practitioners stating that it has been left to the state governments to take necessary measures for addressing and promoting primary health care in rural areas.
The provision was a part of widely scrutinised National Medical Commission Bill (NMC), 2017, that will replace the existing Medical Council of India (MCI).
Amendment was made after recommendation of a parliamentary standing committee, set up to suggest changes in the bill owing to strong opposition from allopathy practitioners in India.
A new MMC elected body has also now taken over after a gap of more than one year which however was hit by a major roadblock over administrative lapses in the past.
MMC which completed its 5-year term on May 21, 2016 was running on an ad hoc basis with election of the quasi-judicial body been finally held on December 18, 2017 across 36 districts of the state at various medical colleges.
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