IMA throws new challenge at Baba Ramdev; 'Patanjali medicines ever given to allopathic hospitals?', it asks

New Delhi, May 29: Up ahead in the Allopathy vs Ayurveda egoistic war, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Uttarakhand on Saturday has challenged Yog Guru Ramdev for a debate, asked him to tell which allopathic hospitals have given Patanjali medicines for treatment. This is after Ramdev Baba last week posed a 25 question letter to IMA commenting that why ever doctors would fall ill if allopathy was the only best medicine.

 

 

The IMA has publicly challenged the debate with panel discussion. IMA had objected to his video clip running down allopathy treatment for COVID-19 and sent him a legal notice. The Yoga guru then had asked if allopathy offered permanent relief from hypertension (BP) and type-1 and 2 diabetes. He also listed several other ailments such as fatty liver, liver cirrhosis, colitis, constipation and bloating amnesia and asked the IMA and pharma companies if they have any treatment for them without side effects.

 

 

 

 

For the unversed, in a video circulated on social media, Ramdev was heard saying allopathy is "a stupid science" and medicines such as Remdesivir, Faviflu, and other drugs approved by the Drugs Controller General of India have failed to treat COVID-19 patients. In a letter to Ramdev, Harsh Vardhan said, "The statement disrespects the corona warriors and hurts the sentiments of the country. Your statement on allopathy can break the morale of healthcare workers and weaken our fight against COVID-19".

 

 

The development comes after the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Saturday condemned Ramdev's remarks and demanded action against him. "The IMA demands and resolves if the minister (Harsh Vardhan) is not taking suo moto action, we will be forced to resort to democratic means of struggle to propagate the truth to the common man and knock the doors of the judiciary to get due to justice," IMA had said in its statement.

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