Ramdev gets IMA standing ovation, degree offer

The lone voice of dissent was reputed urologist and national president of the Indian Medical Association Dr Ajay Kumar who registered his protest.

Kumar said that Ramdev was a doing business in the garb of a 8220;swami8221; and curing incurable diseases with his 8220;magic concoctions8221;. He urged the practitioners of modern medicine to rise to the occasion and prevent Ramdev from maligning the image of doctors.

His voice, however, was drowned by the majority. At the felicitation function at the IMA hall here, Ramdev raised the issue, questioning the 8220;mental health8221; of Dr Ajay Kumar. He even wondered as to how the IMA had such a person in their association. IMA Bihar chapter president Dr G. S. Thakur came up with a clarification and said it was the opinion of a particular person and not the IMA.

Baba Ramdev, meanwhile, was in full control delivering sermons to the medical practitioners. 8220;I have found a cure for cancer and AIDS. But I will not disclose it just now,8221; he declared as the doctors sat mute. He even imparted yoga tips to the doctors.

Baba Ramdev has been in Patna for the past four days holding a yoga training camp.