Miracle Cure Advertisement: Medical Council told to take action against Ayurveda Practitioner
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Thiruvananthapuram: An Ayurveda practitioner has now fallen under the radar of the state medical council on account of various advertisements in newspaper claiming miracle remedies for various illnesses. The Travancore Cochin Medical Council (TCMC) and the state drugs controller have been directed by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to take strict action against him.
According to media reports, the Ayurveda practitioner had allegedly published advertisements for his ‘tullimarunnu chikilsa’ (oral drops treatment) where he claimed miracle remedies for diabetes, cancer, obesity, asthma, ulcer, thyroid and various other diseases
The same stands in clear violation of the Drugs and Magical Remedies Act, An act to control the advertisements of drugs in certain cases, to prohibit the advertisement for certain purposes of remedies alleged to possess magic qualities and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Section-3 of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act makes it clear that “no person shall take part in the publication of any advertisement referring to any drug in terms which suggest or are calculated to lead to the use of that drug for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease specified in the Schedule or any other disease which may be specified in the rules made under this Act.”
According to media reports, the Ayurveda practitioner had allegedly published advertisements for his ‘tullimarunnu chikilsa’ (oral drops treatment) where he claimed miracle remedies for diabetes, cancer, obesity, asthma, ulcer, thyroid and various other diseases
The same stands in clear violation of the Drugs and Magical Remedies Act, An act to control the advertisements of drugs in certain cases, to prohibit the advertisement for certain purposes of remedies alleged to possess magic qualities and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Section-3 of the Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisements) Act makes it clear that “no person shall take part in the publication of any advertisement referring to any drug in terms which suggest or are calculated to lead to the use of that drug for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease specified in the Schedule or any other disease which may be specified in the rules made under this Act.”
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