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confusing terms in the
bill as, for example, it
contradicts its own
definition of
‘medicine’. Medicine
itself is defined as
“modern scientific
medicine in all its
branches and includes
surgery and
obstetrics,” but does
not include veterinary
medicine and surgery.
However, the Bill
repeatedly says that the
government wants “to
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enhance the interface
between homeopathy,
Indian systems of
medicine and modern
systems of medicine”. Indian medicine may
prescribe”.
An AYUSH practitioner
is defined as a person
who is a practitioner of
homoeopathy or of
Indian medicine. There
will be a national
register of the AYUSH
practitioners who have
qualified the bridge
course. The Section
49(4) says that a
“specific bridge course
may be introduced for
the practitioners of
homeopathy and of
Indian systems of
medicine to enable
them to prescribe such
modern medicines”.
Also, the Section 54(o)
says the government
can notify rules for “the
modern medicines that
the practitioners of
homeopathy and of India has one doctor
for every 1,674 people
whereas the World
Health Organization’s
norm is one doctor for
every 1000 people.
Those who support the
bill in its current form,
argue that the demand-
supply dynamic in
medical education is an
area for concern and
hence the “bridge
course” for those who
have been trained in
traditional medicine
like Ayurveda as well
as homeopathy should
be allowed.
COUNtER
ARgUMENtS
To the allegation that
this will encourage
quacks, the section of
bureaucrats point out
to the fact that the
MBBS doctors refuse to
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