{"id":11477,"date":"2012-12-10T21:10:18","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T21:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/?p=11477"},"modified":"2022-01-05T11:22:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T11:22:33","slug":"ayush-awaiting-revolutionized-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeobook.com\/ayush-awaiting-revolutionized-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"AYUSH awaiting revolutionized transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of late, the AYUSH branch of healing practices, has been receiving a lot of attention and recognition, from the Government as well as from the industry, with integrated cure being perceived as a way forward to resolve the lack of healthcare resource in India. Usha Sharma looks into the actions being taken to revolutionise the AYUSH systems<\/p>\n

Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad has called for bridging the gaps in healthcare with inherent strengths, holistic approach and wide range of remedies <\/strong>of Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH). However, it has also been seen that the AYUSH practitioners are opting to prescribe allopathic medicines which in turn has triggered a massive ethical debate.<\/p>\n

Recently, there was a hue and cry whether AYUSH practitioners should be allowed to practice allopathy or not.<\/strong> While one part of the industry stresses that doing so is unethical and violating the law, the other side argues that the acute shortage of qualified doctors in India can be mitigated by allowing AYUSH practitioners to prescribe allopathy medicine if there is need.<\/p>\n