Ayurvedic doctors prescribing ARV drugs !?

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Dear FORUM,

Recently , the newspaper Mid - day reported the following. " A consumer court has

directed an ayurvedic doctor to pay Rs 4 lakh to one of his patients as

compensation for wrongly injecting him with an allopathic drug that left his

hand paralysed " .

The issue here is " Under the Maharastra Medical Practitioners Act and

notifications by the state government, ayurvedic doctors who hold BAMS degrees

can prescribe allopathic medicines "

The subject of discussion is how would this apply to ART drugs being

prescribed/administered by such medical practitioners.

Your comments are welcome

Deepak Dobhal

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