IMA demands action against Ramdev for allegedly calling allopathy “stupid, failed science”

The Indian Medical Action (IMA) on Saturday asked the Central government to take action against Yog Guru Swami Ramdev under the Epidemic Diseases Act for his alleged remarks against Allopathy amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.

Reacting to a video that went viral on social media where Ramdev is allegedly speaking against the allopathic medicines, the IMA issued a press release demanding that Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan either accept the accusation and dissolve modern medical facility or book and prosecute Yog Guru under the Epidemic Diseases Act.

“IMA brings to the notice of our Hon. Health minister, a video circulating in social media portraying, the celebrated Yoga Guruji addressing ‘modern allopathy ek aisi stupid aur Diwaliya science hai’ (modern allopathy is a stupid and failed science),” the IMA statement reads.

“In the past too, he has uttered modem 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,” it added.

The IMA accused that Ramdev made the alleged remarks to mislead the public at large and the Yog Guru is making all false and baseless acquisitions so that he can sell his illegal and unapproved drugs.

“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,” the country’s top medical body said.

The IMA has also warned that if an action is not taken against Ramdev then the medical body will take legal action against him.