Mumbai, 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 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 silent protest. "Through this protest, we strongly oppose MMC's decision to register CCMP-qualified homeopaths under MMC. The decision compromises the integrity of modern medicine and public health," said Dr Amar Agame, general secretary, BMC Mard and president of KEM MARD. The agitation is set to intensify with a token strike on September 18, called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), for which routine outpatient services and elective surgeries will be suspended across the state, though emergency care will continue. The Maharashtra Senior Resident Doctors Association (MSRDA), with over 2,000 senior resident doctors, has also announced participation in the agitation against homeopathy doctors practising allopathy....