India, Sept. 17 -- Resident doctors across the state, including those from Cooper, KEM, Nair and Sion hospitals, staged a silent black-ribbon protest on Tuesday against the Maharashtra Medical Council's (MMC's) decision to allow homeopathic practitioners with a Certificate Course in Modern Pharmacology (CCMP) to register and practise allopathy.

Members of the Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (BMC MARD) joined the statewide agitation, warning that the move compromises patient safety and undermines modern medicine.

Dr Rohit Meena, president, BMC MARD and Cooper MARD said that the medical services remained unaffected during the sile...