Bangalore: “It is a must for all Ayurvedic, Naturopathy, Sidda and Unani practitioners, except traditional healers, to get themselves registered under the biometric system”, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader said on Friday August 1, during a press meet in the city.
However if a fake practitioner is identified for the first time, a fine of Rs 25, 000 would be levied. If identified the second time, the fine would be no less than Rs 2.5 lakh with an imprisonment of up to one year, Khader added.
To counter the fake doctors problem in the State, the biometric system has been initated Khader explained, he also said that around 40,000 registered Ayush doctors have already enrolled and many more are in line.
In order to make it convenient for doctors, the registration procedure has been provided online and all related information has been put up on the department website.
He further said that 226 fake doctors have been booked after the Ayurveda and Unani doctors Association raided 2,896, so far. Khader said that additional ambulances would be provided soon. “Funding for 98 new ambulances from the State budget and 100 from the Centre has been given,” he said, adding that they were contemplating having ‘ambulance lanes’ to ensure that traffic jams did not obstruct the movement of ambulances.
