KOCHI: The state government informed the High Court that it has decided to utilise only principles and practices of modern medicine for treating Covid-19 patients. The government made it clear that AYUSH Ministry’s advisory was only regarding the use of homoeopathy and other systems of alternative medicine to boost immunity.
Senior Government Pleader P Narayanan made the submission when a petition filed by M S Vineeth of Kozhikode seeking a directive to the state government to grant permission to homoeopathy practitioners to treat Covid-19 patients as per the advisory issued by the Union Ministry of AYUSH came up for hearing.
The court noted that the Supreme Court has dismissed a similar petition. Then the petitioner claimed that the Union Ministry revised the guidelines and included AYUSH practices. The petitioner also sought time to produce the guidelines.