Letters to the Editor: Are they Indians?

We have Droupadi Murmu as the newly elected President of India. She happens to be the first tribal woman elected as President of the country, the first citizen of the nation, the Head of the Constitution and chief of the three wings of our armed forces. The very attitude of Congress spokesperson Udit Raj regarding our newly elected President reminds me of Indira Gandhi who flouted the nation's Constitution by declaring an Emergency in 1975. It is the hypocrisy of Congress whose Prince is on a 'Bharat Jodo Yatra' to unite the nation. This very Prince sometime back accused the duly elected PM of the nation as 'chor' only to be reprimanded by the entire nation later on. The attack on our newly elected President from Congress seems to be relentless. Some time back Sudhir Ranjan Choudhury, an MP of the lower house and Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, called Droupadi Murmu Rashtrapati. My simple question to both Udit Raj and Sudhir Ranjan Choudhury is – 'are you Indians?'

Lanu Dutta Chowdhury,

Guwahati

Ayurvedic doctor

The Central Government has unexpectedly faced protests from Allopathic doctors for an unscientific decision on medical science. The Indian Medical Association (IMA) is in a quandary over the unscientific decision of the Central government. As a result, the IMA has been forced to protest the decision nationwide. In the meantime, the Assam branch of the IMA has protested against the unscientific decision of the Central government.

According to a new directive from the Central government and the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), now on Ayurvedic doctors will be able to perform surgery in the hospital and use modern medicine on an equal basis as an Allopathic doctor. Ayurvedic doctors are not given any training in Allopathic courses. Therefore, Ayurvedic doctors can't perform surgery in any way. This is because the Ayurvedic doctor doesn't have the right to prescribe Allopathic medicine or use other methods of surgery. According to a representative of the IMA, surgery by an Ayurvedic doctor is nothing but a mockery of the patient's life. Therefore, the Mixopathy system adopted by the government by equating Allopathic and Ayurvedic doctors should be abolished as soon as possible. According to information received through RTI from the AYUSH Ministry under the Central government in New Delhi, i.e., as per provision provided under section 34 of the National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Act, 2020, the rights of practitioners of Ayurved/Unani/Siddha and Sowa Rigpa Systems of Medicine possessing recognized medical qualification included in the schedules to the IMCC Act, 1970, are envisaged under the provisions of State Act concerned under which the practitioners is registered.

If Ayurvedic doctors follow the above information on Ayurvedic medicine of the Ministry of AYUSH for the welfare and human service of the people and provide medical services to patients, Ayurvedic medicine will surely be evaluated in practice.

Otherwise, it would mean disregard for the ethical norms of medical science. In parallel, the Central government will also mean ignoring the ethics of medical science, of course.

Heramba Nath,

Kamrup