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Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) feels it has been sidelined in its role in the formulation of the State health policy.
AMAI office-bearers said allopathy practitioners have hijacked a committee constituted by the Government for the purpose.
G. Vinod Kumar, President; Rejith Anand, General-Secretary, AMAI; and V.G Udayakumar, spoke to newspersons here on the issue.
The representation is heavily loaded against it with only one making into the list against 15 from allopathy.
“From what we know, the committee has taken a stance that hurts the interest of Ayurveda,” AMAI said.
It has taken contrarian view to suggestions of Centre with regard to making use of non-allopathic stream for the benefit of public.
Kerala has the dubious distinction of not having implemented the co-location system that seeks to bring various streams under one umbrella.
CO-LOCATION BENEFITS
A section of doctors is of the view that co-location would mean promotion of ‘mixed medicinal practices,’ AMAI said.
Colocation obviates the need to look for different hospitals or doctors since all services are available under one roof. It is after realising this aspect that the Centre is seeking to implement co-location across the country.
Health centres and the ESI hospitals under the Union Government follow this system already, AMAI pointed out.
It demanded that the proposed State health policy should include policies put forward by the Centre.
The Planning Commission has noted that both allopathic and non-allopathic medicines be used to combat lifestyle-related non-communicable diseases in the State.
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