The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the nation’s largest non-government organisation of allopathic doctors, on Sunday, expressed its strong objection and disapproval of the new logo adopted by the National Medical Commission (NMC), which the Association said is contrary to the fundamental ethos and values of India.
The Commission earlier this week unveiled a new logo depicting the Hindu deity Dhanwantari with the words Bharat added to it.
Asking the Commission to adopt a religion-neutral emblem the Association called upon the NMC to “take corrective steps to adopt a logo which does not contradict the oath and duty of doctors, towards all our citizens with complete neutrality especially in shunning any attempt to connect and/or identify an institution such as the NMC with any particular religion.”
