AMMOI opposes IMA's call to stop initiative at JIPMER

THE Ayurveda Medicine Manufacturers' Organisation of India (AMMOI) has countered the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) request to the Union health ministry that the government should withdraw from its decision to start an integrated medical course at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) in Pondicherry, blending traditional medicine with mainstream healthcare.

- Peethaambaran, Chennai

AMMOI, in a recently issued communique, signed by its president Dr. P Ramkumar and general secretary Dr. D Ramanathan, pointed out that the World Health Organization (WHO) and several nations are undertaking significant initiatives to integrate traditional medicines into their respective healthcare systems. The organization further noted that a broad global trend towards the acceptance of traditional medicines is currently emerging, a development that the IMA seems to be disregard