AYUSH petitions HC for job under NHRM plan

Unani medico petitions HC for job under NHRM plan

TNN | Jul 21, 2016, 11.41 AM IST

Aurangabad: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court recently directed a Unani medical practitioner from Jalgaon to approach the state government with his representation seeking appointment as a medical officer under the National Child Health Scheme.

"Unani practitioner Afaque Ahmed Mohammed Saoar had approached the high court in 2014 seeking to declare medical practitioners belonging to Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy), particularly holders of Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (BUMS) degrees, as eligible for the post of medical officers in the recruitment process," said lawyer Najam Deshmukh, who represented the medical practitioner.

He argued that both BAMS and BUMS degrees are recognized under the Indian Medicine and Central Council Act 1970. "The state government's public health department had issued a communication to the chief executive officers of zilla parishads for implementation of the school health programme under the National Rural Health Mission Scheme. Accordingly, the secretary and commissioner, Family Welfare, had directed CEOs to start selection process for recruitment and implementation of the scheme by recruiting MBBS doctors," said Deshmukh.

They had also made it clear that if MBBS doctors were not available, then BAMS doctors should be appointed.

The bench, comprising Justice S S Shinde and Justice Sangirtrao Patil observed that "The state government is the competent authority and has the exclusive authority to include or exclude any particular qualification for the appointment to the post of medical officer. The petitioner is free to approach the state government on the issue."

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