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New Ayush wings in Defence and Railway Hospitals
By PIB Delhi
The Ministry of Ayush signed a MoU with the Ministry of Railway for the Introduction of Ayush Systems in five Railways Hospitals, resulting in the establishment of Ayush units at 5 Railway zonal hospitals in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, and Guwahati.
The Ministry of Ayush has collaborated with the Ministry of Defence, resulting in the establishment of Ayurveda OPDs at 12 AFMS (Armed Force Medical Services) Hospitals and 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals. These facilities are successfully operational with effect from the 1st week of June 2022.
Ministry of Ayush had a Central Sector Scheme, namely Champion Services Sector Scheme for Medical Value Travel. There were three components of this scheme I.e. (1) Establishment of Ayush Super specialty Hospitals / Daycare Centres, (2) Skill development in the Ayush sector, and (3) Establishment of Ayush Grid.
The first component of the Champion Services Sector Scheme was the Establishment of Ayush Super specialty Hospitals / Daycare Centres in which financial assistance in the form of Interest Subsidy is provided to private investors for the establishment of Super Specialty Hospital/ Day Care Centres of the systems recognized under the National Commission for an Indian System of Medicine (NCISM) Act, 2020 or the National Commission for Homeopathy (NCH) Act, 2020 on Pan India basis. The scheme period ended on 31st March 2022. Under this Component Ministry of Ayush had received 81 proposals for setting up of Ayush hospitals/Centers across the country. Out of 81 proposals, 03 proposals were approved.
The Ministry of Ayush has developed a Central Sector Scheme, i.e. AyurswasthyaYojana in which there is a component called Up-gradation of facilities to Centre of Excellence (CoE). The main objective of the CoE component is to support the establishment and up-gradation of both functions and facilities of reputed institutions to strengthen Ayush professionals in education, technology, research & innovation, and other fields necessary for the promotion of Ayush in National as well as International level.
Institute of Teaching & Research in Ayurveda (ITRA)-Jamnagar has been conferred the status of Institute of National Importance in October 2020 under ITRA Act 2020 by amalgamating three different institutes namely, the Institute of Post Graduate Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, Jamnagar, Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurved Mahavidyalaya, Jamnagar and Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jamnagar. The ITRA Act, 2020, has come into force w.e.f. 22nd September 2020.
This information was given by the Minister of Ayush Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in a written reply in Loksabha today.
