The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealing to take appropriate action under sedition and other charges against Baba Ramdev for allegedly "spearheading a misinformation campaign on COVID vaccination".
In a letter to PM, IMA wrote, "The Indian Medical Association is proactively spearheading your commitment to enforcing vaccination to all above 18 years as the tool to overcome the corona pandemic. When you initiated the vaccine rollout, IMA leaders across the country stood first to get the vaccine and by this dispelled the vaccine hesitancy. With the sincere efforts of the Government and the modern medical healthcare professional India could vaccinate nearly 20 crore people, one of the fastest vaccination drives in the world. We laud your motive to augment the indoor production of more vaccines. And approval of vaccines from other countries to be used in our country."
The letter further states that 753 doctors lost their lives while working as frontline warriors in the first wave. Meanwhile, 513 doctors lost their lives in the second wave. No doctors who lost their lives in the first wave vaccinated. While most of the doctors who died in the second wave also not vaccinated due to various reasons.
The IMA further claimed, "At this juncture, we pained to bring to your kind notice. Two videos where Ramdev, owner of Patanjali Ayurved, seen inter alia to be claiming that 10,000 doctors have died in spite of taking both the dose of vaccine and that lakhs of people have died due to allopathic medicine. He has also claimed that 'Allopathy Ek stupid Aur Diwaliya Science Hai'. Thousands of people have died from taking allopathic medicines for the treatment of COVID-19 related symptoms. These videos are circulating virally on social media."
