The ambitious plan to equip alternate medicine graduates with a working knowledge of allopathy has hit a roadblock. The one-year course was proposed by medical education minister Dr Vijay Kumar Gavit in July last year to train graduates with core degrees in ayurveda, homeopathy and unani to practice allopathy in rural areas.
Last week, the chief minister's office asked the department of medical education to clarify if the course could be started without the approval of the Medical Council of India (MCI) or its state chapter, he Maharashtra Medical Council (MMC). It may be pointed out that the department has been well aware that the one-year courses—Pharmacology of Modern Medicine, Ayurveda Pharmacology, Homeopathy Pharmacology and Unani Pharmacology—may not have the mandatory MCI approval.
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