After the effort to integrate modern medicine and Ayurveda under the same roof at AIIMS , the government is trying to bridge modern medicine and Ayurveda by introducing two-year postgraduate diploma course in Ayurveda to doctors of modern medicine. What is planned by the government?
In June, Union minister for health inaugurated a Centre for Integrative Medicine and Research at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, which is aimed at exploring the use of Ayurveda and yoga in treating various illnesses. And now, The Centre's regulatory body for traditional medicine has decided to offer a two-year postgraduate diploma course in Ayurveda to doctors of modern medicine, drawing strong criticism from a large section of medical fraternity The course will help doctors with degrees such as MBBS and MD to learn the basic principles of Ayurveda, a senior official with the Central…
