The Indian Medical Association has responded strongly to the latest comment by Ramdev, and urged the central government to either take action of dismantle the “modern medical facility” or take strict action against the yoga guru for his latest video.
In a new video, Swami Ramdev is seen saying that many deaths have bene caused due to the steroids and allopathic medicines administered to patients. He evem claimed that more people died due to allopathic medicines than they did due to lack of oxygen.
In a statement, IMA said. “IMA demands and resolves if the Hon Minister 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. The Healthcare of the country should be handled by a professional in a professional way. Treating unscientific illiteracy with deaf ears and blind eyes is hardly professionalism.”
“In the past too, he has uttered Modern Medical doctors as murderers in the presence of Honourable Health Minister himself on the pretext of the release of his wonder drugs. However, it is a well-known fact the said Yoga Guruji and his associate Shri Balkrishna Ji have been taking Modern Medical Allopathy treatment as and when they get into illness. Now to mislead the public at large he is making all false and baseless acquisitions so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved drugs,” it added.
The IMA also said that Swami Ramdev deserves to be prosecuted for disobeying and cause danger to the life of many by making them believe and make them not to take the advice of allopathy drugs. His quote about Favipiravir as medicine against fever/antipyretic is “laughable, childish, and demonstrates his in-depth scientific knowledge.”
It further said, “In this war-like setting, it has become a passion for people with malicious opportunistic attitude to hit from the back, the medical warriors with their selfish malevolent to boost up their unscrupulous, unprincipled, deceitful, and unpatriotic business fortunes. They pretend to throw mud on Modern Allopathic Medicine, but time and again benefitted through back door in Modern medicine hospitals when they get the disease. Taking people for ransom, selling them weird ideology, and winning business by defaming scientific medicine are unpardonable offenses. Such untutored and unlearned statements are a threat to the literate society of the country as well as to the poor people falling prey to him.”
“The time-tested scientific icons of India ICMR, AIIMS, DCGG and Ministry of health guidelines and diktat are challenged by a revered individual with vested interest will make gullible public to believe it and forego due treatment resulting in mass devastation in this pandemic. Is it not anti-national ? The supreme court in its wisdom has pronounced various judgements on oxygen therapy, and ensured availability of Remedisivir and a worshipped person questioning that will it not amount to contempt of court ? All this is done by Swami Ramdev Ji to take advantage of the situation and create a false sense of fear and frustrations within the public at large so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved so-called medicines and make money at the cost of the public at large.”
Earlier in the day, IMA Dwarka wrote in a letter, “He has belittled the sacrifice of more than 1200 Doctors who have laid their life in line of duty serving mankind during pandemic. His derogatory & unparliamentary words against Doctors are uncalled for & has demotivated whole fraternity during this though times. Medical Doctors are fighting as front lines soldiers and are leaving no stone unturned to help humankind to fight this COVID menace head-on , where as this self proclaimed businessmen baba is spreading hatred & misinformation regarding science & also damaging crucial doctor – patients relationships.”
“This hate speech during this time can damage social & scientific fabric of nation & We strongly condemn Ramdev for his speech against evidence based medical science. Medical fraternity urges law enforcement agencies to book Ramdev in appropriate legal acts & gag his hate speech against allopathy Doctors failing which we may contemplate of stopping Work as according to him we are causing deaths rather than saving lives,” it concluded.