AYUSH to open OPD, IPD of Ayurveda, Homeopathy in AIIMS soon

In all hospitals run by the Central government, along with allopathy, patients will also be given the option of getting ayurveda and homeopathy treatment

PGurus Newsdesk

April 26, 2023

In all hospitals run by the Central government, along with allopathy, patients will also be given the option of getting ayurveda and homeopathy treatment

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On Wednesday Union Minister of State for Ayush, Mahendra Munjapara said that the Union Ministry of Ayush has started making preparations to open OPD and IPD of ayurveda and homeopathy in all the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) being run in the country as well in those which are to be opened in the future.

Describing the 100-day program being organized for World Yoga Day (June 21), the Minister said that today the demand for Ayurveda treatment is increasing worldwide.

In order to promote the treatment of Ayurveda and homeopathy, the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has created a separate ministry to which a separate budget is allocated.

The government has now decided that in all the hospitals run by the Central government, including the AIIMS, along with allopathy, patients will also be given the option of getting Ayurveda and homeopathy treatment.

“For this, we have decided to start OPD and IPD services of ayurveda and homeopathy in all the AIIMS in the country soon,” Munjapara said.

The Minister also informed that under the 100-day program for World Yoga Day, events are being organized in different states across the country. On the 100th day, a program will be organized at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium in Delhi, while the 75th day will be marked in Assam’s Dibrugarh.

The program marking the 50th day will be organized in Jaipur on May 5, in which 20,000 people will be seen performing yoga together. All the MPs and Union ministers from Rajasthan will attend the event.

On June 21, World Yoga Day will be celebrated in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi take part.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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