A dispute has emerged over which practitioner groups should be eligible to prescribe modern medicines, prompting protests and competing institutional positions.
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What happened
The dispute concerns who should be permitted to prescribe modern medicines. Protests and institutional positions focus on eligibility rules for different practitioner groups and on how prescription rights should be decided.
Background and earlier position
The underlying policy conflict is about regulating professional practice in health care, including qualification and authorization to prescribe modern medicines.
What changed now
The current phase shows visible public mobilisation (protests) and renewed institutional claims on prescription eligibility, indicating an active policy battle rather than a settled technical rule.
