meerut eight months on the ayush ayurveda yoga naturopathy unani siddha and homoeopathy wing in meerut district hospital remains locked and continues to turn away patients as the doctors concerned have been put on covid19 duty while hundreds of patients who look up to these alternative medicine systems for treatment are being turned back the stock of medicines too remain untoucheddr vinod dwivedi medical officer homoeopathy said ever since the lockdown started we were deployed at different health centres where testing of suspected cases of covid19 is being conducted every day hundreds of patients seeking treatment of ayurveda yoga unani and homeopathy medicine systems have to return home because of our unavailability at the centredr anees ahmed medical officer unani medicines said there is an entire stock of medicines which will approach its expiry date if the wing continues to remain closed for longer at least an alternative measure should be thought of so that neither covid19 patients face issues nor the ayush patients face any problemsdr akhilesh mohan meerut chief medical officer said currently the entire health department is on its toes for covid19 and due to the shortage of manpower we have to utilise them in the best possible manner at this crucial juncture the ayush wing can wait but covid19 cases cannot