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AMAI urges new govt in Kerala to take strict actions to end increasing quackery in ISM sector
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Peethaambaran Kunnathoor, Chennai
May 28 , 2016
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Demanding strong measures to end the increasing quackery in traditional
treatments by indigenous healers all over the state, the Ayurveda
Medical Practitioners Association in Kerala will soon meet the new
health minister of the state and submit a memorandum in this regard.
“Illegal
practices by unqualified persons are increasing and it is widespread
now in the state. Lot of complications are emerging in their treatments
in many places. This impacts on the veracity of the system and the
Ayurveda fraternity has to shoulder them,” says Dr. Rejith Anand,
general secretary of the Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI).
According
to him, AMAI is mulling over lodging complaints with the Central
Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), Travancore-Cochin Medical Council
(TCMC) and the Union Ayush ministry also.
In June 2014, following
a complaint by AMAI, the Indian system of medicine (ISM) wing of the
TCMC had formed a special crack team and conducted raids in Ayurveda
hospitals and research centres in northern Kerala and cases were
registered against eight unqualified persons. But TCMC has not continued
the exercise and taking advantage of the situation the quacks have
again started practicing.
In March 2011, AMAI had approached the
High Court at Ernakulam under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
requesting to quash the state government order issued on 21-2-2011
giving exemption to traditional healers of Malabar region from acquiring
recognised qualification and registration with the Travancore-Cochin
Medical Council. Later the Council had passed a resolution against the
decision of the government. Followed by it, the high court had issued a
verdict against unqualified persons practicing Ayurveda and Homoeopathy
in the state.
Expressing hope that the new LDF government in
Kerala will find solutions to the myriad burning issues in the ISM
sector, Dr Anand said the Ayurveda practitioners would demand
implementation of specialty treatments in all district and taluk
hospitals. Currently, specialty treatments are available only in
government Ayurveda medical colleges. No department of paediatrics,
gynecology and mental health is functioning in any district hospital.
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