New Delhi, July 15 (TIWN) Indian Medical Association (IMA) has raised objection to the provision of including the AYUSH into the modern medical system during the training of medical students, saying "it is contrary to the established norms, superfluous and an attempt to initiate mixopathy".

In the tweet shared by ANI on Thursday, July 15, IMA mentioned "It is not prudent for an Intern trained in modern medicine to partake and practice a system of medicine which he has not learned in under graduation with know-how and show how paradigms". In this letter, the IMA also argued that an intern straightaway coming to do the internship can prove to be 'dangerous to the public and the system'. 

Stating that the one week exposure period will only lead to the creation of "half-baked mixopath", the letter mentioned "Are we adding engineering & Agricultural science too for a week as it will make him a perfect human being? One-week period exposure, especially in another system of Medicine, will only pave the way to a half-baked mixopath, which is disastrous for the country".

The letter, expressing concerns over the learnings during the internship, mentioned that the candidates would not learn any new skill, without clarity on who would be their mentor, or whether they would be judged by the NMC faculty norms to not. The letter further quotes the judgement of the supreme court wherein it stated that a registered medical practitioner in a given pathy who have been trained and possess a registered knowledge of their subject is 'entitled to practice the said profession' and 'not trespass any other profession' in any manner.  It mentioned that NMC's proposition in this legal respect would violate the law and appealed that section 4 3(17) be deleted.