In a move that has shocked the medical community, the government has released a notice that will allow Ayurvedic physicians to be trained and legally licensed to perform a variety of general, ENT, ophthalmic, orthopedic, and dental surgical procedures.
However, the president of the Central Council of Indian Medicine He said that these surgeries have been performed in Ayurvedic institutes and hospitals for over 25 years and that the notification was simply to clarify that it is legal.
The November 19 notification listed the procedures to be included in the PG training of Ayurvedic physicians by amending the Central Council of Medicine of India (Postgraduate Education in Ayurveda) Regulations 2016. It stated that the modifications were being made with the sanction of the government center.
During the study period, graduate scholars from Shalya tantra (general surgery) and Shalakya tantra (ear, nose, throat, head and eye surgeries) you will be practically qualified to perform various surgical procedures independently. General surgical procedures include gangrene amputation, skin grafting, laparotomy (opening of the abdomen), and many advanced gastrointestinal surgeries. Under Shalakya tantra, they will be trained to perform quite advanced ophthalmic surgeries such as iris prolapse surgery, strabismus surgery, cataract surgeries of all kinds.
“Postgraduate courses in surgery, ENT and ophthalmology have been there in ayurved for 20-25 years and we have always had surgical OPD … No one had investigated the legality of what has been going on for decades. Ministry and Niti Aayog, it was decided to put it in writing to make it clear that what is already being done is legal, “explained Dr. Jayant Deopujari, president of the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM).
“General surgery is an integral part of modern medical science that cannot be integrated with Ayurveda. The introduction of training modules into the Ayurvedic studies graduate curriculum leading to degrees such as MS (Ayurved) can potentially alter and jeopardizing basic standards of care and safety of patients, “said Dr. P Raghu Ram, president of the Association of Surgeons of India.
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