AMAI wants Kerala to formulate Medical Practitioners’ Act

The Ayurveda Medical Association of India (AMAI) wants Kerala to frame the Medical Practitioners Act (MPA) for the whole jurisdiction of the state before implementing the Clinical Establishment Act.

The demand comes in the wake of continuous menace of quacks in Ayurveda and homoeopathy in the Malabar region of Kerala by exploiting the exceptional privilege given to the traditional healers. The association says the minimum qualification of a medical practitioner, especially one from the Indian systems of medicine, should be defined through an Act.

For the whole jurisdiction of Kerala, there is no exclusive medical council act even today, and as a result several problems are mounting. Taking advantage of IMCC Act, many unqualified persons from Malabar region posing as traditional healers are getting registered with the TCM Council on the mercy of the exemption privilege. This exemption encourages quackery and brings disrepute to the qualified professionals. In 2011, AMAI approached the Kerala high court against giving exemption to traditional healers from acquiring recognized qualification and registration with the TCM Council. The court had ordered a stay order to the government, but no act has been passed by the government so far.

The Medical Practitioners Act could put an end to quackery and control mushrooming of illegal Ayurvedic massage centres.

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