Who treats the poor? Docs warned not hire ayurveda, homoeopathy practitioners

[John R. Benneth]

The complaint that Indian homeopaths are using allopathic drugs has been an interesting paradigm switch from the war of the lancets in the west, where the focus is on the question of material efficacy of homeopathic drugs . .
Indian Medical Assoc. warns docs against hiring ayurveda, homoeopathy practitioners. Homeopaths respond, "who treats the poor?"
'However, those Ayush doctors that are the target of the IMA's ire point out that they fulfil a vital need. "These modern medicine practitioners who are making so much noise should survey the hospitals and see who is treating the poor in Primary Health Centres in rural areas," said Dr Bahubali Shah, administrator, Maharashtra Council of Homeopathy, adding there are over 60,000 homeopaths, 81,000 ayurveda practitioners in Maharashtra, as against 1.21 lakh allopathic doctors. "We are not simply asking for permission to practice allopathy. We want to do it legitimately by doing the course." '
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[Tanya Marquette]

Just this past week on a Linked In homeopathic discussion group it came up that India does not have the problems of the West with homeopathy.
I tried to warn that if India is a signer of the Codex Alimentarius, then trouble is around the corner. And here it is.

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