ICMR recommends MCI to include lessons in traditional Indian medicine for doctors
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said it has proposed to the Medical Council of India the inclusion of introductory lessons in Indian system of medicine, including ayurveda, in the curriculum for doctors.
"We have suggested to the Medical Council there should be some introductory lessons taught in the curriculum for medical doctors to understand the Indian system of medicine, including ayurveda," ICMR Director General Soumya Swaminathan said at the Seventh World Ayurveda Congress.
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