The world’s oldest medical system Ayurveda seems to have
finally got its due in the country 3,000 years after it originated
here.
Ayurveda which remains one of the country’s
traditional health care systems is getting its first
referral-cum-teaching facility at Jasola in Delhi. To be built on the
lines of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, the new institute –
All India Institute of Ayurveda – has been constructed on 10 acres of
land with a built area of 40,000 square feet.
“The final touches to the building are being given now,” noted Institute director Dr. Abhimanyu Kumar while speaking to The Hindu on Monday.
He added that 95 per cent of the equipment for the hospital and teaching block has already been procured.
“This
will be the country’s first referral hospital which also offers post
graduate and super speciality courses for students. We will begin the
teaching facility with 84 post graduate students being enrolled for
three years this next session. Super speciality courses are being
offered for one year to one and a half years,’’ said Dr. Kumar.
The
institute which has cost the Union Health Ministry Rs.157 crore and
over three years to complete has a seven floor hospital with 200 beds.
“The
Institute besides treating and teaching will also be a research centre
which will work towards ensuring quality control/standards of ayurveda
products. These days we find that the quality of drugs that are
masquerading as ayurveda medicines are not up to the mark which in the
long run will adversely affect the health of patients. Our aim is to
provide standardised education and treatment to benefit the public,’’
noted Dr. Kumar.
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