NMC bill, Medical crosspathy and antibiotic resistance : recipe for potential global catastrophe

   Genesis of a system, where every body will suffer and no one is beneficiary.  There has been lot of debates going on  about the Government willingness to allow crosspathy. There has been indications in newspapers about possibility of government  allowing Ayurvedic,  homeopathic and Unani medicine graduates and others  to practice modern allopathic medicines.  Most importantly which medications will be allowed to be practiced? Will  thousands of alternate medicine graduate will dispense all antibiotics,  anticancer , anti diabetic , cardiac medications. It is hard to think about hundreds of potentially dangerous medicines being given without structured training and  proper exams in this system of crosspathy. No one is bothered about the fact that every allopathic medicine is a potential hazardous chemical, if not used properly.

              It will be done through some bridge course. The structure and effectiveness of the said course is yet to be knowm. Whether it will be of 3 days or 3 months?  Who will be able to do it ? whether some level of efficiency  will be expected or every body will be allowed to just dispense allopathic medicine. What ever some one may argue, bridge courses can not be substitute to proper training for these complex diseases and drugs. Following may be side effects of dilution  of medical education and crosspathy:

1. Alternative or ayurvedic medicine systems themselves: detrimental to these systems themselves because of many reasons. If  the  ayurvedic doctors   start allopathic practice, how we expect ayurvedic stream to florish and respected. It will be diluted to no end. After few years no one will be left will ayurvedic practice.  In my opinion it is a death sentence to ayurvedic system.

       Secondly,  the decision is not respectful to ayurvedic stream itself. Stream of                Ayurveda will suffer.

2.  Public and patients: crosspathy clearly means a diluted and suboptimal medical services. Government may create few area of need and implement the scheme in selected areas, and selected simple drugs.
3. Allopathy will be clearly a sufferer. If every body can practice allopathic medicine, why one should go for rigorous training. It will discourage the people who have opted and got admission to allopathic courses. They are paying and slogging hard for their training.
4.  Dangerous to human race and potential global catastrophe:  All  allopathic medicines are hazardous chemicals in inexperienced hands. But  incorrect and massive use of antibiotics will  cause antibiotic resistance, which has global ramifications. From this angle, it is a retrograde step. When  all over the world,  need is being  felt that there has to be better control of antibiotic prescription.  We are entering an era, where antibiotics are getting useless and more so because of rampant misuse of antibiotics.  Rather than exercising a better control, it can be a catastrophic to human race world over by causing antibiotic resistance.
5. have our public and people given consent for such diluted medical  excellence and services? It is  public  ultimately who  accepts  a decision for suboptimal medical service. Government may create few area of need and implement the scheme in selected areas, and selected simple drugs. But that also has not been planned.