NO experimentation with alternate systems of medicine for coronavirus: Kerala High Court
Thiruvananthapuram: Considering that there is no need to experiment with the alternate system of medicine considering the present controlled situation in the state, the Kerala High Court has given its verdict on the petition seeking permission to practice Homeopathy for COVID 19 treatment and has allowed only on allopathy as treatment.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported about the petition, filed by advocate MS Vineeth appearing party-in-person, which had sought directions to the state to refrain from acting coercively against homoeopathy practitioners treating COVID-19 patients.
The petition sought a direction to the state government to implement the AYUSH notification and to permit homoeopaths to practise while following the advisory issued by the Union Ministry of AYUSH.
The counsel of the Kerala government, on the other hand, had sought some time to obtain instructions from the state on whether there is any prohibition on the treatment of COVID-19 patients by homoeopathy practitioners.
In the wake of the rising number of cases on coronavirus, AYUSH Ministry had come out with certain advisories. The included advisories on use of Homeopathy, Ayurveda and Unani systems for prophylactic measures in the light of the disease
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