THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A meeting convened by allopathy doctors under the banner of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) on Tuesday has decided to launch strong protests against a government order allowing Ayurveda and Homoeopathy students to train in allopathy. In the first phase, it will conduct a state-wide protest on Friday, which will be followed by a Secretariat sit-in by doctors and medical students on July 25.
According to the doctors, if the government doesn’t withdraw the said order within this time frame it will be forced to intensify its protests.
“It seems the Health Secretary on his own had come out with such an order. “When we met the secretary before the release of the said order, the officer had assured us it will only be implemented after providing us with the opportunity to hold talks with the Health Minister. But the secretary had taken a U-turn in the matter,” said a joint statement by the IMA and KGMOA.