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Coronil drug: Uttarakhand High Court issues notice to Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali

Ramdev claimed that the ministry had asked him to use the term "Covid management" in place of "Covid treatment" and he is following the instruction

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The Uttarakhand High Court issued notices to yoga guru Ramdev’s Patanjali, Union and state governments, seeking a reply within a week on the firm’s Coronil drug.

Hearing a PIL challenging Ramdev’s claims regarding the medicine, a division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Ranganathan and Justice R C Khulbe issued the notices.

It asked the Union and state governments; Patanjali; the director of the AYUSh department in Uttarakhand; ICMR and Rajasthan’s NIMS University, which is said to have collaborated with the company in manufacturing the medicine, to file their replies within a week.

The PIL filed by advocate Mani Kumar has sought a ban on the drug, accusing the yoga guru of misleading people by launching Coronil as a medicine to cure coronavirus.

The drug neither has the certification of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) nor did Patanjali Ayurved has the licence to manufacture it, the PIL has contended.

While Patanjali claims that the drug has been tested by NIMS University, the Rajasthan institute denied it, the PIL said.

Meanwhile, the Union AYUSH Ministry said Patanjali can sell Coronil but only as an immunity booster, days after yoga guru Ramdev’s company launched it as a medicine for COVID-19 and is now calling it a product to “manage” the disease.

Ramdev claimed that the ministry had asked him to use the term “Covid management” in place of “Covid treatment” and he is following the instruction.

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15 Comments
  1. S Advaya Ananda says

    Which MNC does Mani kumar represent ?
    Ranganathan & khulbe should also check the background of such persons whose ” business” is only to file PILS to ” make a hefty living” .by intimidating legal and sincere activities of the civilized society.
    Is the PIL filer a really civilized person concerned about society & well-being of the people at large ? Or is it a ” DIRTY BUSINESS’ without any RESPONSIBILITY & ACOUNTIBILITY , ABUSING so called ” democratic rights under constitution of India ?? And without any penalty for wasting valuable time of the court?

  2. Usha Sadasivan Pillai says

    Respective Team,

    At least try this medicine for few days it any improvement , then can follow, this is not the time for argument, people are losing their lives , I deeply believe in Ramdev Baba , because after following his instructions through Yoga I fees lots benefits and I believe in Ayurveda

  3. Patriot says

    Ramdev should be charged for fraud. We already have too many fakes Babas. His intent was to make money nothing more.

  4. Ramesh says

    Imprisioned this indian version of Gregory Resputin.

  5. Geetanjali says

    I 100% believe in Yoga nd patanjali medicines. They actually shows very good effects. nd Ramdevji has worked on these medicines so sincerely ,then these medicines must be released fast ,moreover they hv cured patients with mild symptoms .At least it will cure 90% of patients…people r dying suffering so much.People believe it or no I consider his medicines as vaccine also

  6. Vedpriya says

    Science is sometime quite complex to understand. The ‘Placebo effect’ is the best examples of those thousands medicine which are actually have nothing to treat any ailments, no active ingredients but rather a simple sugar pill and these all medicine works in most of cases do know why ? Due to believe of placebo ! Few Drugs (Herbal and Homeopathic more frequently) sold to the world on the basis of belief. So now a day science recommends both test for any medicine 1. Placebo (you can use any edible and neutral stuff). 2 An actual ingredient to prove medicinal potential. Blind followers must answer and ask their intuition about following questions and facts:
    1. No doubt COVID-19 is a serious problem to all over World but in India more than 14000 children and infant die per day just because of diarrhea and dysentery (Indian Pharmaceutical companies including traditional Ayurvedic unable lessen or minimize thses cases, Why ? because they are not highlighted and marketed, so less scope for business )
    2. From 2 decades Dengue, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis engulfing thousand lives in India but these diseases still incurable and we haven’t any medicine to treat them so far, why ? Perhaps no scope for business.
    3. Various tiny mosquito species in India spreading lethal diseases in India i.e. elephantiasis, chikungunya, malaria etc; why not a single research body able to control these infection while a small country like Sri Lanka had been eliminated these infection several year ago.Perhaps, there is no scope for business.
    4. Corona Fatality/Mortality rate is less than 2% while Dengue more than 5% and diarrhea 2 to 11 %; please answer me which infection is more concerned and needed a concrete treatment or management ? Perhaps, there is no scope for business.
    5. Corona is life threatening only in few cases depends on preexisting diseases, race and geography. Almost people recovered any specific treatment and even remain asymptomatic and cures simultaneously; what if somebody research or clinical trails only such patients, result will be 100% misleading.
    6. Nothing is bad to be a bushiness tycoon or people well wisher but what if you lying every time and changing your statements again and again. Words play can not change the reality. Corona recovery rate is 97 % in mild cases; some companies knew it very well and take virus this nature as an advantage for personal gain.
    7. I strongly admire Ayurveda but Ayurveda is not represented by a single company or organisation

  7. Dr shantha raman says

    Ayurvdic medicines are safest, it’s proved from hundreds of years, so there is no harm in trying ayurvdic medicine. Ramdev baba is giving lots of good medicines, he can be trusted. Please allow him to good for the world.

  8. Disha says

    The allopathic medicines used on Covid 19 patients are so expensive and not affordable by common man and do not guarantee a cure . They are just doing trial and error and using it on Covid 19 patients . Yesterday there was news that Favipirvir is having side effects and should not be used for all
    Even Hydroxy Chloroquin is found to have side effects and not suited for all. Then what is to be done ?
    In this scenario if Coronil can be tried then what is the harm? It has no sideeffects as its made from age old Ayurvedic herbs like Tulsi, Giloyi, Ashwagandha which are harmless.
    Atleast if not anything else it will boost people s immunity and many will not contract the disease itself. And those who have it will develop better immunity .
    Just because it is made by an Desi Ayurvedic company ‘Ghar ki murgi Dal barabar’ some people are opposing it

  9. K. M. K. Murthy says

    The drug Coronil contains Ayurvedic herbs like Giloy , Ashwagandha, Tulasi etc. and improves immunity. Hence, it can manage the virus. Simply filing PIL against such companies which are really useful to humans is a waste of time.

  10. Gorur Yoganarasimhan says

    Rightly said
    There is nothing wrong in trying this
    Yogi Baba Ramdev is doing a very good job
    Teaching yoga free and trying to improve the immune system at least

  11. Ajay says

    we have full faith in baba ramdev and what is harm in trying at any one hospital along with other medicine as ayurveda doesnt have side effect

  12. Swapan ghosh says

    Many person of our citizen used this medicine and after using this medicine they got 100% cure from that deseies thank u patanjali

  13. NARAYAN JOSHI says

    CAN ANY OF THE ANTIBIOTICS USED AGAINST COVID19 BE CLAIMED AS THE DRUGS DEVELOPED FOR COVID 19 BY ANY OF REPUTED PHARMACY…? ALL THE ANTIBIOTICS USED AGAINST COVID WERE ALREADY IN USE AGAINST SOME OTHER INFECTION & FACTUALLY ARE BEING EXPERIMENTED FOR COVID…ARE COVID PATIENTS AT ANY LOWER LEVELS OF RISKS ONLY BECAUSE OF ” ANTIBIOTICS LABELS”..? CAN THERE BE ONLY ONE METHOD TO TREATMENT OF VIRUS INFECTION..? IS INTERFERONS ANY ANTIBIOTICS OR IMMUNITY BOOSTER…? IF INTERFERONS CAN BE ACCEPTABLE TREATMENT WHY NOT AYURVEDIC MEDICINES…?

  14. Girish says

    ICMR -Indian Council of Medical Research has taken very risky decision to release Covaxin vaccine in very auspicious day of August 15th  2020. 

    In this situation if COVID 19, risky decisions are badly needed. 

    There are a lot of people who want to opt for Medically Assisted Death.(MAD)

    This vaccine can be injected for people who opt for MAD. 

    To test the efficacy, vaccine can be injected first. After some Time, they need to be injected with COVID – 19 virus, or they need to deeply in inhale virus. Later they can be put to controlled medical observation. This will reveal the efficacy of vaccine.  

    This is a dirty job. But some body has to do it.

    Prime Minister is the only leader who has the guts to take this challange.

  15. Vivek Agrawal says

    This is a fantastic blog, and I can’t stop myself from continuing to write it because it’s so helpful.

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