Pune: NABH Has Warned Hospitals Not To Appoint AYUSH Doctors Instead Of Allopathy Doctors
Pune, December 22, 2020: The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare (NABH) has issued a cautionary notice to all accredited allopathy hospital across India, warning them against employing AYUSH doctors instead of allopathy doctors as resident medical officers (RMO) or performing clinical duties in the intensive care unit (ICU). It is feared that the health services will be disrupted after the notice has been issued by NABH.
NABH Directs To De-Recognise Such Appointments
It has been observed that AYUSH doctors are being appointed in the ICU of the hospitals providing allopathy treatment, which is in violation of the rules and regulations cited by NABH, stated chief executive officer of the NABH program Dr Atul Kochhar.NABH that gives national accreditation to hospitals, has stated that the appointment of AYUSH doctors in the ICU is not recognised. If AYUSH doctors are working in the ICU, then it is not in the interest of the patients. The hospitals seeking appointment or employed AYUSH doctors in the ICU instead of the doctors in modern medicine are warned to be de-accredited by NABH.
AYUSH Doctors’ Empowerment Committee member Dr Mandar Ranade said that it is clear that the allopathic doctors’ associations have expressed their displeasure over the actions taken by the Ayurvedic doctors. However, if there is a policy to revoke the licenses of hospitals with AYUSH doctors, then it is important to keep in mind that the healthcare services across the country including the state, are in a state of disarray. Attempts are being made to train nurses and medical staff abroad to accommodate doctors for patient care. However, AYUSH doctors are raising the question as to why there is such a disadvantage towards AYUSH doctors who have completed a five and a half year course equivalent to allopathy doctors in India.
