BioVoice News December 2017-January 2018 Issue 7 Volume 2 | Page 23

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ratings of institutions, and a third for supervising ethics and registration of those allowed to practice medicine. Entrance to undergraduate course will be through NEET, the National Eligibility- cum-Entrance Test. The introduction of bill witnessed organized protests across the country. More than 2.9 lakh doctors had gone on a 12 hour nationwide strike, leaving the patients unattended. Their main concern is that the bill seeks to allow those practicing bio analysis alternative medicine to practice allopathy after completing a bridge course. Meanwhile, in the wake of passions were running high on the issue, the government swiftly sent off the bill to a Parliamentary standing committee for scrutiny. BioVoiceNews.com 23