NEW DELHI: Ayurveda departments will be opened in all the new 19 AIIMS and approval has been received from the Home Ministry to set up such departments in seven hospitals of the Border Security Force (BSF) and other paramilitary forces, Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik announced on Monday.
He said work is already on to start Ayurveda departments in about 100 Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) hospitals under the Ministry of Labour.
“Ayurveda departments will be opened in the new 19 AIIMS (All India Institutes of Medical Sciences). Also, Home Ministry has given its approval to open such departments in seven hospitals of BSF and other paramilitary forces,” Naik said while inaugurating an event here to mark the 3rd Ayurveda Day along with Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan.
The Ministry has taken many initiatives on the theme ‘Ayurveda for public health’ and has decided to further expand the coverage of the National Programme of Prevention of Non Communicable Disease from existing six states, he said. (AGENCIES)
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