Ayurveda doctors allowed only 58 types of surgeries, clarifies Ayush Ministry

Issuing clarification over allowing post-graduate Ayurveda doctors to perform surgeries under Indian Medicine Central Council (PG Ayurveda Education) Amendment Regulations 2020, Ayush Ministry said notification was specific to "58 specified surgical procedures". "It doesn't allow Shalya and Shalakya PGs to take up any other surgeries. The notification doesn't signify any policy shift," it added.