Indian Medical Association Slams Proposed Integration of MBBS With Ayurvedic Medicine Course
31 May 2025 | The Wire
New Delhi: The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has slammed the proposed introduction of a course combining MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) and BAMS (Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery) programmes at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry.
The IMA on Friday (May 30) condemned the move and termed it unfortunate. It said that this “unscientific mixing of various systems of medicines will not benefit doctors or patients”, reported The Hindu…