IMA OBJECTS TO PATANJALI’S CORONIL CLAIMS

The Indian Medical Association has expressed dismay at the “blatant lie” of WHO certifying Patanjali’s Coronil, a medicine that founder Baba Ramdev claims as the first one against Covid-19.

Baba Ramdev has claimed that Coronil can be used for the prevention and treatment of Covid as well as in post-Covid phase treatment. It was also mentioned that it is the first evidence-based medicine. The claims were made at the launch of the medicine, in the presence of Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.

However, WHO clarified in a tweet that it has not reviewed or certified the efficacy of Patanjali’s Covid-19. “WHO has not reviewed or certified the effectiveness of any traditional medicine for the treatment Covid19,” WHO’s regional office for South-east Asia posted on its official Twitter handle.

In a two-page statement, the IMA has demanded an answer from the Health Minister, asking, “How appropriate and rational is it to release such false projections in front of the whole country? Being a Health Minister of the country, how justified is it to release such falsely fabricated unscientific products? How ethical is it to promote the product in unethical, wrong and false ways to the whole country? Being a modern medicine doctor, how ethical is it to promote the unscientific product.”