Dimapur, December 9 (MExN): The Indian Medical Association, (Nagaland State Branch) has directed all MBBS doctors in government service and private practitioners in the state to withdraw all non-essential non-COVID services from 6:00 am to 6: 00 pm on December 11.
“This is the struggle against mixopathy and quackery entering in to the modern medicine,” the association said in a press release on Wednesday.
The Office of the Indian Dental Association Nagaland State Branch (IDANSB) meanwhile also requested all the dental professionals both in government service and private practitioners to show solidarity and join the protest by withdrawing all non-essential non-COVID services.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, the IDANSB President and Hon Secretary stated that the protest is against the Government of India’s decision to allow Ayurveda practitioners to perform various surgical procedures involving the eye, ear, nose, throat and dental procedures like extractions, filling and root canal treatment.
“Government must understand and consider the sensitivity of the modern medicine and dental profession and take appropriate steps. Integration of all systems of medicine will only lead to ‘mixopathy,’ confusion and complications,” it stated.
It further stated that the Indian Dental Association plans to continue and intensify the agitation until the steps towards implementing the ‘mixopathy’ are abandoned.
