Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut remarks have stirred yet another controversy in Maharashtra after he said that compounders are more knowledgeable than doctors. Raut also blamed the World Health Organisation (WHO) for spreading the coronavirus.
In an interview with a Marathi news channel, Raut said that he never goes to a doctor as they don’t know anything while adding that he always takes his medicine from a compounder and never from a doctor.
He also blamed the WHO of spreading the coronavirus pandemic saying that it is a useless organisation. “WHO is a group of people. Doctors are also part of their team. Actually, a compounder knows more than the doctor. What does the doctor know? They know nothing. I always take my medicine from a compounder,” Raut said.
Targeting the WHO, Raut said that people shouldn’t rely on the international health organisation as the COVID-19 outbreak is because of them.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Shiv Sena leader for his remarks saying that this was an insult to the doctors working during the coronavirus pandemic.
BJP also accused the Maharashtra government of lack of coordination in health and medical sectors as the number of coronavirus increase on a daily basis. The party’s medical cell has demanded an apology from Raut for his statement.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) and the Thane branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Monday wrote a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray condemning the remarks made by Raut.
IMA Thane demanded Raut's resignation while MARD sought to know whether the Chief Minister and Shiv Sena chief also shares the same opinion as Raut about "compounders being more knowledgeable than doctors".
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