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MARD Protest Over CCMP Registration Disrupts OPDs At Mumbai Hospitals
In the city of Mumbai, some doctors who are still learning their job decided to stop their usual work for a while.
They are angry because a rule may now allow homeopathy doctors, who also studied modern medicine, to be registered with the medical council.
The doctors shouted slogans like 'Say No To Mixopathy,' because they do not want homeopathy and modern medicine to be mixed up.
Because of this protest, the normal check-up rooms, called OPDs, were delayed, and many patients stood in long lines.
But the hospitals made sure that urgent help, serious care units, delivery rooms, and other important services kept running.
The protest was led by a doctors' group called MARD at several hospitals in Mumbai.
It all started the day after the state government made a six-member committee to create rules for registering these homeopathy doctors.
That committee will decide what these doctors can do, how mistakes are checked, and how they should behave with patients.
The protest also spread to other hospitals, including KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper hospitals.
Now, everyone is hoping for a fair agreement so that patients can get care without waiting.
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) led a protest at Sir JJ Hospital and BMC hospitals in Mumbai over the MMC registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners.
Resident doctors raised 'Say No To Mixopathy' slogans during the statewide agitation.
Routine OPD services were disrupted, while emergency services, casualty departments, ICUs and labour rooms continued uninterrupted.
The protest came a day after the state government constituted a six-member committee to frame a regulatory framework for registering CCMP-qualified BHMS doctors in a separate MMC register.
The agitation spread to KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper hospitals, leaving patients queuing outside OPDs and concerns over patient care rising.
- Who
- Resident doctors led by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) at Sir JJ Hospital and BMC-run hospitals.
- What
- A protest opposing the Maharashtra Medical Council's registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners, disrupting routine OPD services while emergency services continued.
- Where
- Mumbai, Maharashtra — Sir JJ Hospital and BMC hospitals including KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper.
- When
- On Wednesday, a day after the state government set up a six-member committee; the Government Resolution was issued on Monday, and routine OPDs were to be suspended from August 5.
- Why
- Resident doctors oppose the MMC registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners, calling it 'mixopathy,' and staged the agitation to press their demand.
Resident Doctors' Stance
Government & Regulatory Approach
Registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS doctors
Resident Doctors' Stance
Resident doctors oppose registering CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners in the Maharashtra Medical Council, calling it 'mixopathy,' and held protests that disrupted OPD services.
Government & Regulatory Approach
The state government constituted a six-member committee to frame a regulatory framework, registering them in a separate register and defining scope of practice, negligence inquiry and medical ethics.
Impact of the protest on patients
Resident Doctors' Stance
Resident doctors see the agitation as a necessary step to press their demand and protect medical standards.
Government & Regulatory Approach
Patients faced long queues and delays in routine OPD care during the strike, raising concerns over patient care.
Key facts
- Protest organizer
- Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD)
- Slogan
- 'Say No To Mixopathy'
- Hospitals affected
- Sir JJ Hospital; BMC hospitals including KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper
- Services disrupted
- Routine Outpatient Department (OPD) services
- Services continued
- Emergency services, casualty departments, ICUs and labour rooms
- Dispute
- MMC registration of CCMP-qualified BHMS practitioners
- Government response
- Six-member committee to frame regulatory framework and separate register
- Government Resolution issued by
- Medical Education Department on Monday
Quotes
Resident doctors
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors protestors at Sir JJ Hospital
“"Say No To Mixopathy"”
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