Mumbai: CM Devendra Fadnavis said the state govt will comply with the Bombay high court order on the registration of homeopaths.Speaking to the media in Mumbai on Thursday, Fadnavis said the govt considers “all pathy equally”. He said it was not proper for doctors to go on strike.“The orders of the high court are binding on us and accordingly, we opened the registration process. The matter is once again being heard by the high court. Instead of taking sides, we will act as per the court’s directions,” he said.“I think holding a protest is not appropriate either. What is the demand? The high court passed an order regarding the registration of doctors. Some practitioners from other systems of medicine have been included in that registry and the doctors are protesting against those entries. Our stand is clear. If the high court directs us to maintain a separate registry, we will do so. We will act in accordance with whatever the court directs,” he said.“As far as we are concerned, all pathy are equal, we do not discriminate among them. Doctors working in our medical colleges and hospitals are very important to us. I would like to tell them that the govt has no intention of doing any injustice to them. Let us wait for the court’s decision,” said Fadnavis.He pointed out the high court has clearly told doctors they are receiving salaries and so must attend to patients. If anything goes wrong, doctors will be held responsible.Stressing the govt was neutral in the dispute, Fadnavis said, “The govt has no choice in this matter. For us, every doctor is important. Our MBBS doctors practising allopathic medicine are doing excellent work. We will make every possible effort to comply with the high court’s directions.”Fadnavis said the high court should be respected and everyone should act according to its directions.
