AYUSH doctors’ strike to hit health care

Jul 20, 2012 |

Bengaluru

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Medical services in the State are likely to be badly hit with the Karnataka Government Medical Officers Association (KGMOA) going on strike to press their demand that district hospitals be brought under the state health and family welfare department, and the Karnataka Chapter of AYUSH Federation of India also going on strike from July 20 to press for their own demands. More than 40,000 AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Sidda and Homoeopathic) practitioners working across the state will be keeping away from work starting from Friday.

AYUSH practitioners have put several demands to the government which have not been heeded. A major demand is being allowed to prescribe allopathic medicine in case of emergency which is allowed in about 14 other States across the country.

Dr N.A. Magadum, president, AYUSH Federation of India, Karnataka Chapter, told Deccan Chronicle: “In case of an emergency we are not allowed to prescribe allopathic medication for patients. When most of the AYUSH doctors are confined to the districts and with few of them working in primary health centres, it is necessary to integrate and permit AYUSH doctors to prescribe allopathic medicine.”

Moreover, the Supreme Court has ordered all State Governments to amend the rules-- Section 2(EE) (111) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1980-- to permit AYUSH practitioners to prescribe allopathic drugs based on their education, training and experience. But Karnataka is yet to implement it, while 14 other States in the country -- Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh among them-- have already amended their rules and allowed AYUSH doctors to prescribe allopathic medicine.
The AYUSH Federation of India, Karnataka Chapter has over 40,000 registered AYUSH practitioners. “All the practitioners will wear black badges and keep off their work from today. On July 22 all the members will be staging a protest in front of the State Health and Family Welfare Department,” Dr Magadum added.

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