IMA demands action against Ramdev for remarks on allopathy

Описание: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday urged the Centre to take strict action against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly misleading people by making "unlearned" comments and describing modern medicine as "stupid science", reports PTI. But this allegation was denied as "false" by his Haridwar-based Patanjali Yogpeeth Trust.
The Resident Doctors' Associations of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital too condemned Ramdev's statement and demanded that "strictest steps" be taken against him.
Citing a video circulating on social media, the IMA said Ramdev has claimed that allopathy is a "stupid science" and medicines such as remdesivir, faviflu, and other drugs approved by the Drugs Controller General of India have failed to treat COVID-19 patients. The doctor's body also quoted Ramdev as saying that "lakhs of patients have died after taking allopathic medicines".
Ramdev should be prosecuted under the Epidemic Diseases Act as "untutored" statements are "a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling prey to him", the IMA said in a statement.
"The Union health minister, who himself is a practising modern medicine allopathic postgraduate and head of this (health) ministry, should either accept the challenge and accusation of this gentleman and dissolve the modern medical facility or boldly face and prosecute the person for his words of arson on the sovereignty of the country and book him under the Epidemic Act to save millions of people from such unscientific utterances," the IMA said.
The IMA said it has also sent a legal notice to Ramdev seeking 'written apology' and 'recall of statements' by him.