IMA demands action against Ramdev for remarks on allopathy medicine

India is currently dealing with a devastating second Covid-19 wave that has swept through the nation, crushing the country's health infrastructure and overburdening frontline medical workers. 

Amid the crisis Yog Guru Ramdev has made a statement regarding the treatment of corona. A video of Ramdev Baba in this regard had going viral on social media. In the video he can be seen saying that "allopathy ek aisi stupid aur diwalilya science hai… (allopathy is such a stupid science)". Ramdev claimed Remdesivir, Faviflu, and all other drugs, which were approved by the Drugs Controller General of India, have failed in treatment of COVID-19 patients.

He also said that "lakhs of people have not died due to lack of oxygen, but after taking allopathic medicines". The Indian Medical Association has expressed outrage over the claim made by Baba Ramdev The union has also demanded that a case be registered against Baba Ramdev under the Epidemic Diseases Act.

IMA on Saturday issued a press release demanding that the "Union Health Minister either accept accusation & dissolve modern medical facility or prosecute him and book him under Epidemic Diseases Act.

"The Union health minister (Harsh Vardhan) who himself is a practicing modern medicine allopathic postgraduate and head of this (health) 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 Act to save millions of people from such unscientific utterances," the IMA said.

He is doing this "so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved so-called medicines and make money at the cost of the public at large", the association said.

"The IMA demands and resolves if the minister (Harsh Vardhan) is not taking suo moto action we will be forced to resort to democratic means of struggle to propagate the truth to the common man and knock the doors of the judiciary to get due to justice,” it said. Taking people for ransom and winning business by defaming scientific medicine are unpardonable offenses, the IMA said.

Good to see press releases by @IMAdwarka and @AIIMSRDA. pic.twitter.com/SXKAOpANCo

— Subhasree Ray (@DrSubhasree) May 22, 2021

IMA issues press release over a video on social media where Yog Guru Ramdev allegedly speaks against Allopathy. IMA demands that the "Union Health Minister either accept accusation & dissolve modern medical facility or prosecute him and book him under Epidemic Diseases Act." pic.twitter.com/FnqUefGjQA

— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2021