KOCHI, June 1 -- Though the number of coronavirus afflicted persons is increasing in the State by leaps and bounds, Tamil Nadu Government is reluctant to take up drugs developed by a team of eminent physicians who has assured the authorities that it would cure the pandemic.

Closely on the heels of the Union Government's Ministry of Ayush cold shouldering the drug and treatment protocol developed and submitted by Dr PR Krishnakumar, the legendary ayurvedic acharya from the State and his team of researchers, yet another instance of an ayurvedic medicine getting raw deal from Tamil Nadu Government has come out.

This time a drug protocol developed by Dr PLT Girija, a Chennai based Ayurvedic physician who is also into research and development ...