March 14, 2022
Santanu Sen makes a Zero Hour mention on replacing the Hippocratic Oath with the Charak Oath for medical students
Mr. Chairman, Sir, a notice recently issued by the Undergraduate Medical Education Board of the national Medical Commission, has created a lot of confusion amongst the medical fraternity. It is the long-standing practice to take a Hippocratic Oath after passing MBBS. But it seems that the said notice says that in the future instead of taking the Hippocratic Oath, they would be taking the Charak oath. The age-old practice of the Hippocratic Oath should not be stopped suddenly. Ayuraveda doctors should continue taking the Charak oath. At the most, it might be kept optional for doctors of all systems of medicine, instead of making it mandatory as it would hurt the prevailing sentiment.
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