Doctors’ union to oppose Baba Ramdev in court

Patiala, June 1

The Union of Resident Doctors of Punjab has announced that it would be a party in the court case filed by the Resident Doctors Association, AIIMS-Rishikesh, against Baba Ramdev for his remarks against allopathy.

The association said the remarks by Baba Ramdev against allopathy were derogatory, insensitive and against the human race.

They added that ridiculing the modern medicine was an insult to all frontline workers who were risking their lives to save people from coronavirus. Besides, the association held a symbolic protest against Baba Ramdev at the Government Rajindra Hospital today.

One of the protesting doctors claimed that it was a part of a larger conspiracy, of like-minded people, to devalue intellectual pursuits and apply anti-intellectualism to repress the modern sciences and logic in the country.

Another protesting doctor said: “It seems showering of flower-petals and honouring frontline workers by the Central Government was humbug because no action has been taken against Baba Ramdev for mocking at allopathy so far. Hundreds of doctors have already lost their lives in the fight against Covid.” — TNS