Updated On: 10 April, 2024 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar
The charter of demands lists some of the issues the medical system has been experiencing for the past few years, like integrating Ayurveda with modern medicines. The charter calls for an immediate stop on attempts to mix other traditional systems with scientific medicine

IMA doctors hand over the two documents to Shiv Sena (UBT) candidate Anil Desai
Doctors from the Mumbai branch of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) have begun distributing their national-level charter of demands and a health manifesto to candidates from major parties participating in the upcoming elections. So far, these documents have been presented to Anil Desai, the Shiv Sena (UBT) South Central candidate, and Piyush Goyal, the BJP candidate for Mumbai North. Later this week, they intend to deliver them to BJP South Central candidate, Rahul Shewale.
“We have started distributing to politicians who have been declared as candidates. As more names come forward, the process will continue,” said Dr Shivkumar Utture, IMA member and former professor at JJ hospital.