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Combine Allopathic and holistic healthcare: Delhi health Minister

April 21, 2013
 Delhi Health and Family Minister A.K. Walia called upon medical professionals to work in close association with one another as well as with environmental specialists to achieve the goal of holistic health. ‘The health …

Ayurveda docs want say in Kerala healthcare policy

March 8, 2013
The Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) Thursday expressed its displeasure at the poor representation of its members in the committee of the Kerala government which formulates health policy in the state. The committee …

Quack held for running allopathic clinic

October 29, 2012
A 53-year-old quack posing as a doctor was arrested for running a clinic here, police said Saturday. Suresh Verma was arrested from his clinic in south Delhi's Munirka Friday. ‘Verma has been running a clinic claiming he was …

Kerala to use Ayurveda to boost tourism

August 23, 2012
Kerala is all set to boost its tourism with the help of Ayurveda.  Ayurveda is the ancient Indian system of medicine and well-being. Kerala plans to enhance tourism to the next level by promoting Ayurveda’s  curative and …

After Maha, Karnataka’s AYUSH docs go on strike over allopathic drugs issue

July 20, 2012
It seems like the Maha government’s ruling that’ll allow homeopathic, unani and ayurvedic doctors to prescribe allopathic medicine has had an effect in other parts of the country. Nearly 25,000 doctors affiliated to AYUSH …

Maha Govt’s non-MBBS decision – readers react

October 3, 2012
Recently the Maharashtra government passed a motion that’ll allow ayurvedic, unani and homeopathy doctors to practice allopathy. For that they’d have to pass a one-year course. We from India.com Health felt it was a …

Maharashtra Medical Council angry over state’s non-MBBS move

July 17, 2012
The Maharashtra Medical Council is up in arms against the state’s decision to prescribe allopathic drugs. The MMC sent a resolution to doctors’ associations and the medical education department stating that ‘prescription …

IMA to take Maha govt to court over non-MBBS decision

July 15, 2012
We could’ve predicted this happening. Unhappy with the government's announcement to allow other practitioners to legally prescribe allopathic drugs in Maharashtra, the Indian Medical Association(IMA) is planning to move …

Is it a good idea to allow homeopaths, ayurvedic and unani docs to practice allopathy?

July 14, 2012
The Maharashtra state government today announced that non-allopathic doctors - the homeopaths, unani docs and ayurvedic doctors – will be allowed to practice allopathy or traditional medicine in the state. An ordinance will be …

Is homeopathy the medicine of the future?

April 20, 2012
Conventional doctors scoff at homeopathy and maintain that the very system  is a farce. According to Dr Krishna, General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Homeopathy Association there needs to be informed debate about homeopathy to …