President Pratibha Patil on Thursday said there is an
urgent need to move forward in the direction of patent for Ayurvedic
medicines and called upon manufacturers to strictly follow standards of
certification, purity, quality and pharmacology to promote this form of
traditional treatment.
Speaking at the inauguration
of the newly-constructed Chaudhary Bramprakash Ayurvedic Sansthan at
Khera Dabar near Najafgarh, Ms. Patil expressed hope that the institute,
which is providing treatment to patients and preparing Ayurvedic
physicians for common people, would become one of the leading centres of
health care. The Institute comprises a large Ayurvedic Hospital,
Ayurvedic College, a sprawling herbal garden and an advanced research
centre.
As per Ayurveda, she said, anybody can keep himself or herself fit and active while performing yoga and dhyan.
Referring to a report of World Health Organisation she said traditional
medicines are still useful and effective and thus there was a need to
disseminate effectiveness and capacity of overcoming diseases of
Ayurvedic medicines.
Expressing concern that
medicinal herbs were becoming endangered due to climate change, Ms.
Patil said it was good that the Institute has developed a well spread
herbal garden to grow and protect medicinal plants.
Demanding
that all concerned must work to compile and standardise the
comprehensive knowledge on Ayurveda, the President said the Government
agencies and other stake holders should also concentrate on research and
development in this field. The Department of Ayush under the Union
Government has already determined 818 such standards in this regard.
Ms.
Patil also stressed the need for increasing the number of medical
colleges and seats therein. Ayurveda is getting recognition in foreign
countries. Panchkarma under Ayurveda has been providing relief to
people. We can think of a healthy nation if we have healthy citizens,
she said.
For her part, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit said the foundation stone of the institute was laid in 2007 and
it has been constructed by Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure
Development Corporation at a cost of Rs.160 crore to emerge as a centre
of excellence in Ayurvedic research and treatment. She said the Delhi
Government was trying to ensure a perfect blend of Ayurveda with modern
technology to develop the institute on the lines of All-India Institute
of Medical Sciences.
She said the aim of setting up
the Ayurveda institute in the rural belt was to provide treatment to the
residents of around 60 villages in their vicinity. She said the herbal
garden was spread over an area of 70 acre and has around 13,500
medicinal saplings.
Delhi Health Minister A. K. Walia
said the Institute was completed in 2009 and has been providing OPD
services from 2009 and IPD services with 210 beds from January 2010. Its
OPD now gets around 1,000 patients every day and the wards have an
occupancy rate of around 90 per cent.
He said the
Medical College in the complex started functioning in November 2010 and
was affiliated to Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University. It has a
capacity of 100 seats and is now into its third batch.
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