Homoeopathy doctors may soon take a bridge course and practise allopathy

For all system of AYUSH, a minimum of 50 per cent marks has to be obtained by candidates to be eligible for admission to undergraduate courses

The practitioners of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) could soon be allowed to practise modern (allopathic) medicine. The National Medical Commission Bill 2017 has proposed a bridge course to enable them to do so. 

Tabled in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the new Bill provides for the constitution of four autonomous boards entrusted with conducting undergraduate and postgraduate education, assessment and accreditation of medical institutions and registration of practitioners under the National Medical Commission.

The commission will have government nominated chairman and members, and the board members will be selected by a search committee under the Cabinet