The Indian Medical Association (IMA) headed by Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal, most noted for issuing letters after letters, has launched yet another scathing attack on Yog Guru Baba Ramdev by filing a Rs 1000 crore defamation case over his statements dissing allopathy. Indian Medical Association is the country’s largest professional council of healthcare personnel.

This comes after Baba Ramdev had fired 25 questions at the IMA demanding permanent cure and treatments for common ailments.

However, it is imperative to note that this is not the first time Baba Ramdev has come under fire by the IMA especially their head Dr Jayalal. Not just slamming Ramdev, but Dr Jayalal is a habitual Ayurveda and BJP hater as well. 

Dr Jayalal wants to promote family medicine

Nothing could be more ironic than the Christian doctor wanting to protest one ‘holistic medical treatment’ by promoting another ‘holistic healing’ method.

Dr Jayalal in his interview with Christianity Today made absolutely shocking and bizarre statements while talking of his plan to use the Indian Medical Association to plant more Christian doctors. 

Some startling remarks made by Dr Jayalal in this interview include:

The doctor who has been running a campaign to advocate “real science” said, “It’s only the grace of God Almighty that helps us to get over the crisis and stay safe, and it was his grace that protected us.”
“I am able to see, even amid persecution, even amid difficulties, even amid the control by the government, even among the restrictions we face in openly proclaiming the message, by various means and ways, Christianity is growing,” he told CT. CT later on edited out this portion.

Here’s what his social media profile looks like

While one might think that a social media profile of a Doctor heading a medical organization would talk about healing, cures and medical advancements, one will be taken by surprise upon viewing Dr Jayalal’s Twitter profile.

Dr Jayalal has consistently targeted the leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath by sharing news (some even fake), cartoons and hashtags revealing his ideology.

 As can be seen, Dr Jayalal shares frequent anti-Modi posts and cartoons to take a dig at the PM. As head of the IMA, he has made his political leanings quite clearly. What is to say that his statements do not reflect his ideology?

The Christian doctor has been actively and aggressively hounding Baba Ramdev and his company since the onset of the pandemic for his contribution against the battle. From calling him a quack to discrediting Ayurveda completely, Dr Jayalal has been at it since quite a while. Ayurvedic medicines as well as Yoga over centuries have been proven to help patients with chronic illnesses along with other medical science. For one to work, other need not be totally discredited.

 He has also led concerted attacks on the Ayush Mantralaya and was the one who initiated protests against the Centre allowing Ayurveda practitioners to perform surgery. Calling it a ‘SayNoToMixopathy’ campaign, he spent months giving interviews, lectures and seminars slandering Ayurveda under the garb of the new rule amidst the raging pandemic.

 The IMA doctors went on a hunger strike to protest the new notification and even held ‘meme and poster’ contests thereby distributing ‘gifts’ to the winners to fuel the protests. A worrisome screenshot shared by Dr Jayalal himself reveals how a plan was being brewed to make it an anti- Farm Bills like protest since “nothing could happen from this hunger strike.”

Dr Jayalal also extended support to the farmers’ protest wanting to show the government in a poor light.

His other retweets also show similar mindset.

The modus operandi

Dy Jayalal in the interview said, “We need more Christian doctors to work more in secular institutions, mission institutions, and medical colleges. I am working as a professor of surgery in a medical college, so it is also a good opportunity for me to carry on the principles of holistic healing there. I also have the privilege of mentoring graduates and the interns.”

Dr Jayalal is also a member of the Christian Medical Association Of India, Good Samaritan Club and Red Cross Society Of India as per his website