IMA calls for ‘non-cooperation’, asks surgeons not to train Ayush doctors

Last year, the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM) amended the Indian Medicine Central Council (Post Graduate Ayurveda Education) Regulations, 2016, to allow PG students of ayurveda to perform a variety of general surgery, including orthopaedic, ophthalmology, ENT and dental through notifying an amendment in a gazette notification issued in November.