Ayush and TOI

IN Media Watch Briefs | 08/04/2017

The Ministry of Ayush has written a sharp letter to TOI editor Jaideep Bose to "express displeasure of the Ministry" at this story titled "Poison in Ayurvedic Drugs". (TOI, Ahmedabad edition, March 31, 2017). The story is about a retired govt official suffering from lead poisoning, allegedly on account of an Ayurvedic medicine he took for diabetes. The letter signed by an under secretary of GOI says the story is "misleading, malafide, uncalled for" and an nothing less than an "act of irresponsible reporting by a newspaper of national repute." The 5-page letter also demands publishing of a corrigendum and an apology, or substantial proof that the product caused the health hazards reported.

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