Ayurveda doctors and students on Wednesday staged a protest in front of the Secretariat, demanding the government to allow them to undergo training on surgery and gynaecology at government hospitals as per the Central Government’s directions. As many as 2,000 doctors and students under the banner of Ayurveda Aikya Vedi, spearheaded by the Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI), staged the agitation. It was inaugurated by K Muraleedharan, MLA. T V Rajesh, Ahmed Kabeer, M C Jospehine, C Divakaran and Karamana Jayan addressed the agitators.
The leaders said that training in such fields of modern medicine was necessary for Ayurveda doctors also. “It was unfortunate that the government was not taking any steps to provide necessary training to ayurveda doctors,” they said. The protesters urged the government to reinstate the order which was kept in abeyance. Addressing the gathering,…
