A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook
A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook
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Indian plan to combine modern and Ayurvedic medicine condemned as ‘catastrophic’ by doctors; proposal would include surgical operations

  • The Indian government is pushing Ayurvedic medicine under a plan which would allow practitioners of the traditional medicine to perform surgery
  • Doctors trained in modern medicine are up in arms about this ‘mixopathy’, saying it will endanger patients’ lives, especially with Covid-19 still raging

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Amrit Dhillon
Amrit Dhillon

Updated: 3:16pm, 17 Dec, 2020

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A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook
A Facebook protest by the Medical Students Network of the Indian Medical Association in Uttar Pradesh, India. Photo: Facebook
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