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Meghalaya govt directs Ayush practitioners in health dept not to prescribe allopathy drugs
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai.
January 29 , 2019
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Citing withdrawal of the bridge course introduced by the Central
government for Ayush practitioners to prescribe allopathic medicines in
medical emergency situations, the government of Meghalaya has stopped
allowing Ayush doctors in the health department to prescribe modern
medicines to patients coming to the rural hospitals.
The
secretary of health and family welfare has issued a circular in this
regard to the director of health services and to all the superintendents
of the district hospitals.
P. Bakshi, health secretary-cum-Ayush
director in Meghalaya, through his letter has instructed health
director and district superintendents of hospitals to take action
against those who prescribe allopathic medicines. "Ayush doctors cannot
prescribe allopathy drugs under any circumstances. The government of
India has scrapped the bridge course introduced for them," says the
circular.
According to sources from health ministry, the central
government had earlier decided to introduce a bridge course for the
Ayurveda, Unani and Homoeopathy practitioners to practice modern system
in certain emergency situations. Under National Health Mission scheme,
it had been decided to allow the Indian medicine practitioners to
prescribe allopathy medicines in rural areas. For this, the Ayush
practitioners should complete a bridge course. But, this decision of the
government was opposed by the modern medical community through
agitations and nationwide protests. Subsequently, the government had
reviewed its decision of the bridge course and put it on hold.
Later,
when government of India decided to introduce National Medical
Commission, and it was decided to scrap the bridge course. Meanwhile,
several Ayush doctors, especially those working under the NHM, started
prescribing allopathy drugs to their patients. This kind of practice was
being continued in village areas in the undeveloped north eastern
states. Now, in the wake of central government's decision to remove the
bridge course, state governments have started to ban allopathy
prescription by Ayush practitioners.
A member of IMA said,
following the decision to scrap the bridge course every state government
has to bring out circulars asking the Ayush practitioners to stop
prescribing allopathy drugs in any situation.
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