The Gujarat chapter of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Tuesday said "mixopathy" poses "severe risks" to the health of the citizens, and requested lawmakers to consider the long-term implications of such decisions on the health of the people of Gujarat. 'Mixopathy' denotes mixing of different medical systems like allopathy or modern medicine with homeopathy and ayurveda for treatment of patients. This comes days after the state health department called for a meeting of senior government officials, as well as representatives of the Gujarat Medical Council, Gujarat Board of Ayurveda and Unani System of Medicine etc to discuss the issue of allowing doctors trained in Ayurveda to practise allopathy.
