and people in the members of the indian medical association which has almost 300000 members the largest oldest group of indian medical professionals are against what they call mix up at the you can see perhaps science behind me that say same mix up at the end we are joined now by the national president of the indian medical association dr rajan sharma to talk more to talk more about this dr sharma very good to have you with us on al-jazeera to tell us exactly why the indian medical association is so opposed to practitioners of traditional medicine performing surgeries. first of all let me make one thing that if you're. a modem or december me. and you put. all the birth. but. yet opposing parties are what we have pictured you because. of medical and. it takes years to become a sort of auditor gynecologist. on top of the years of review goes here within 3 years. similar to giving them the symbol of the degrees and out of the knowledge you have m.s.n. m.d. and in their minds to fear it will disappear. from head girl. so the. ear that i'm sort of getting. to take faction of the world cannot

the us medical association is condemning what it calls a retrograde step of mixing modern and alternative medicine elizabeth purana has more night from new delhi. we're the headquarters of the indian medical association it's the country's oldest and largest group of medical professionals with more than 300000 members and there are signs up outside the building which they say no to mix up with the that's what the association holds the mixing of traditional and modern forms of medicine that follows the government's decision to weeks ago to allow practitioners graduates of a traditional form of medicine called. to train and practice 58 surgeries including a number of ear nose and throat. even of plastic surgery because medical professionals around the country are on strike today they are choosing not to perform known called and non-essential procedures and protest against the government's decision for 12 hours on friday and this follows nationwide protests by medical professionals on tuesday now the government of prime minister not in the mood he set up a ministry of alternative medicine in 2014 it's invested a lot of money in the ministry to promote alternative medicines and medical