Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) lashed at Yoga guru Ramdev for his remarks on allopathy and demanded the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan prosecute the yoga guru under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897.
According to the official report, Ramdev’s remarks has made a quiet stir and the IMA have demanded to prosecute him under Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 or accept his accusations and dissolve the modern medical facility.
The IMA slammed the yoga guru and stated that ‘Enough is enough as he has repeatedly taking advantage of the situation and creating fear among the public to sell his illegal drugs.
The official report further stated that IMA wrote to the health minister where they quoted – “When such idolised personal are making vitriolic comments, questioning the authority and integrity of the whole architecture of health ministry, the health minister, who himself is a practising modern medicine allopathic postgraduate and the head of this ministry, should either accept the challenge and accusation of this gentleman and dissolve the modern medical facility or boldly face and prosecute the person for his words of arson on the sovereignty of the country and book him under the Epidemic Diseases Act to save millions of people from such unscientific utterances.”
The IMA further added “Remdesivir and Favipiravir are approved by CDSCO (Central Drug Standard Control Organisation) and were notified for use for the covid patient by the Central Government in June-July, 2020. The said Notification was made by the Centre under section 2A of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897. Therefore, u/s 3 of the Epidemic Disease Act read with Section 188 of IPC, Swami Ramdev deserves to be prosecuted for disobeying and causing danger to the life of many by making them believe and make them not to take the advice of allopathy drugs.”
In a video that has been circulating on all social media where he stated that Allopathy is a stupid and bankrupt science. To which the IMA responded and lashed out at Ramdev. They also stated that he has called modern medical doctors murderers in the presence of the health minister while releasing his medicines.
IMA later accused Ramdev of making false claims against modern medicine to sell illegal and unapproved drugs. He even challenged the integrity of DCGI, the head of which is the health minister himself, as he claimed that Remdesivir, Favipiravir and all other approved drugs by DCGI have failed.
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