NEW DELHI: All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA), New Delhi has started providing free testing and treatment to patients in its Covid 19 Health Centre (CHC).
AIIA has also been designated as Covid-19 testing centre (RT-PCR and Rapid antigen testing) by Government of Delhi. A Covid Call Centre has been established at AIIA for handling queries related to the deadly disease being raised by the general public.
Union AYUSH Minister Shripad Yesso Naik on Tuesday reviewed the arrangements at the Centre for treatment of Corona patients.
During the visit the minister announced that CHC would provide free-of-cost testing and treatment facilities to all the patients. He also inaugurated the Intensive Care Unit of CHC which has been equipped with ventilator facility and all other standard provisions of ICU.
During the visit to AIIA, the Minister also interacted with the team of doctors and inquired about the well-being of the patients at the centre. He sought their feedback about the facilities available at the Covid-19 health centre and the results of treatment by Ayurvedic medicines.
He expressed satisfaction with the services provided by AIIA in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. He said the spirit, enthusiasm, courage and efforts of the whole team of AIIA in providing care to the Covid positive patients on the basis of principles of Ayurveda was praiseworthy. AIIA is playing an exemplary role in providing holistic care through individualised Ayurveda medicine, diet, yoga and relaxation techniques to Covid 19 patients across India.
The Minister also praised prophylactic programme ‘Ayuraksha’ going on for 80,000 Delhi Police personnel under the directions of the AYUSH ministry.
Delhi Police being the frontline warriors of Covid-19 were being given Ayuraksha kit for boosting the immunity and increasing quality of life against the virus. The Ayuraksha kit contains Sanshamani Vati (prepared from Giloy), AYUSH kadha and Anu Taila for nasal application.
Till date 1,58,454 Ayuraksha kits has been distributed in two phases with overall compliance of more than 90 per cent. Feedback of the Delhi police personnel was being analysed with the help of Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Positive feedback was reported from the personnel with decreased anxiety levels, feeling of general well-being and reduction in minor symptoms like cold and cough. It is also observed that there has been decline in the incidence trend-line for Covid-19 as compared to trends of general population in Delhi, an official release here said.
The Institute has an important role in preventive and curative health care and research areas under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH like Ashwagandha, Neem, Kalamegha, Giloy etc. (AGENCIES)
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