IMA president brazens it out, threatens motion in opposition to those that uncovered him

Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal, President of the Indian Medical Association, has determined to play sufferer over the experiences that he needed to make use of hospitals as a floor for conversion to Christianity. In his response, within the type of an official reply from IMA, he threatened to take “necessary action” in opposition to those that tried to “run a false propaganda” in opposition to him.
Reply from IMA
In the official reply, IMA mentioned that some information is being circulated with infamous feedback in opposition to Dr Jayalal. His response was shared, which was presupposed to be self-explanatory and applicable. Further, in a delicate threatening tone, it was talked about that IMA HQ takes such “false propaganda” and “wrong interpretation” very severely, and it’ll take mandatory motion in the end of time.
IMA’s reply on allegations in opposition to Dr JayalalReply from Dr Jayalal
Jayalal claimed that his solutions, interviews and profile are being taken out of context and in “distorted form” to create “false allegations” in opposition to him. He claimed that the experiences that recommend he needs to make use of hospitals as conversion floor are associated to the “struggle against mixopathy”. He additional alleged that it’s an try to provide their battle a non secular color.
Notably, he was the one who had mentioned in an interview that he needed to “encourage young medical students and doctors to receive Jesus as their personal saviour.” But now he’s claiming that those that spoke in opposition to him are giving the battle in opposition to mixopathy a non secular color.
Guess what, he’s truly claiming he’s being taken out of context and in distorted kind. 😂😂The solely distortion, pricey President, is the one in your mind that makes you view bodily ailing individuals, colleagues and juniors as potential recruits to your faith. pic.twitter.com/xAaWHKITzW— Amit Thadhani (@amitsurg) March 30, 2021
Playing the sufferer card, Dr Jayalal additional alleged that he had been getting hate and threatening messages. He additionally mentioned he had been referred to as a traitor. Towards the top of the message, he mentioned, “One falsehood spoils a thousand truths. Truth will rise above falsehood” and guaranteed the fraternity that IMA would serve onerous as apolitical, secular organisation in any respect ranges to “upkeep the nobility of our profession and safety of humanity”.
Allegations in opposition to Dr Jayalal
Dr Jayalal is serving as President of the Indian Medical Association, which is a non-government group of medical doctors. Notably, solely medical doctors that observe trendy medication are a part of these organisations, and so they have locked horns with the central authorities over a number of points, together with integration of alternate medicinal practices in trendy medication.
In a number of interviews, particularly with Christian organisations, Dr Jayalal has made a number of statements that present how he needs to make use of the hospitals to carry junior medical doctors and sufferers “closer to Jesus”. In a now-deleted article on Haggai International, he mentioned, “I deeply desire to be a living witness to God and encourage young medical students and doctors to receive Jesus as their personal saviour. I aim to be a witness for God in the secular organisation I serve.”
Interestingly, there’s nothing “out of context”, as alleged by Dr Jayalal. An archived model of the now-deleted article is offered right here, and one can discover how he fondly talks about integrating Christianity in medication. He had mentioned, “When leprosy, cholera, and other pandemics devastated the world, it was Christian doctors and churches who stood against it, showing Christian compassion.” In one stroke, Dr Jayalal has fully ignored the function of medical doctors belonging to some other religion. Haggai International additionally deleted the submit from social media platforms that had been linked to the article. The Archived tweet may be seen right here.
Even in his Presidential tackle, which remains to be obtainable on IMA’s web site, he didn’t flinch from expressing his Christian evangelism and hailing controversial characters corresponding to Mother Teresa, regarded by many as a predatory Christian proselytiser liable for industrial-scale conversions of the indigenous individuals to Christianity.
In an interview for Christianity Today, Dr Jayalal noticed a silver lining in an in any other case dreary and bleak coronavirus outbreak. According to him, regardless of the hardships, difficulties and restrictions that got here within the wake of the pandemic, Christianity was rising.
While speaking about mixopathy, medical doctors who observe trendy medication, typically subtly and typically overtly, criticise historical Hindu practices, together with Ayurveda. Dr Jayalal has been one of many frontrunners in such campaigns. While opposing Ayurveda, he had mentioned, “The government of India, because of their cultural value and traditional belief in the Hindutva, believes in a system called Ayurveda. For the last three or four years, they have tried to replace modern medicine with this. Now, starting in 2030, you will have to study this alongside Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, homoeopathy, yoga, and naturopathy.”