Overview

• The Bombay High Court has stayed the Maharashtra Medical Council’s June 30 notification that would let homeopaths with a six-month pharmacology certificate prescribe modern medicines.
• The Indian Medical Association plans a 24-hour withdrawal of non-emergency services on July 11 unless the council rescinds the policy.
• The state is preparing a July 15 registration portal for CCMP-qualified homeopathic practitioners, but the final list of permissible allopathic drugs is still under review.
• MMC administrator Dr Vinky Rughwani says the certification course was issued under government directives supported by legal advice from the Law and Judiciary Department.
• Critics warn that a short pharmacology course cannot match MBBS training and may undermine patient safety.