Ayurveda, Siddha ,Unani can authenticate Medical Certificate, observes Madras High Court
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Madras: Providing relief to a victim of a motor accident, the Madras High Court was recently seen making some important observations about the Indian Systems of Medicine. In Particular, the court observed that medical insurance schemes have to provide compensation for treatment under alternative systems of Medicine
The case was of a minor boy who suffered 60 per cent permanent disability in an accident a decade ago. Unable to afford continued allopathy treatment, he switched to Siddha Treatment.Seeking compensation, the patient through his father had filed a petition seeking compensation before Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Tirunelveli. The tribunal however rejected the medical bills given by a Siddha doctor and directed the branch manager of The New India Assurance Company, Dindigul to pay Rs 13,000 to the boy by its order dated March 9, 2010.
The case was of a minor boy who suffered 60 per cent permanent disability in an accident a decade ago. Unable to afford continued allopathy treatment, he switched to Siddha Treatment.Seeking compensation, the patient through his father had filed a petition seeking compensation before Motor Accident Claims Tribunal, Tirunelveli. The tribunal however rejected the medical bills given by a Siddha doctor and directed the branch manager of The New India Assurance Company, Dindigul to pay Rs 13,000 to the boy by its order dated March 9, 2010.
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