Mandaviya, Sonowal Jointly Inaugurate Integrative Medicine Centre At AIIA
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya jointly inaugurated the Integrative Medicine Centre at Department of Integrative medicine of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Safdarjung hospital, with Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of Ayush in the presence of Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar, Union Minister of State for Health on Tuesday.
“Integrative medicine is aimed at harnessing the potential of India’s rich heritage and medical knowledge, along with using modern advancements in allopathy. Both traditional and modern medical practices would help in providing better avenues of health and wellness. It is thus, the need of the hour that different medical systems must not compete but complement each other. Only then we can ensure wellbeing of our citizens and further help in achieving health for all,” Mandaviya said.
Reiterating the government dedication to reach grassroots level and creating last mile delivery of healthcare services, the health minister stated that the health and wellness programs are being run in more than 1,56,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) across the country.
He emphasised that the government has decided to open such Integrative Medicine Centres at all government medical establishments, especially all AIIMS in the country. Opening such centres will help in initiating co-location of practitioners of Indian system and modern medicine, thus harmonising both medical systems and providing joint multidisciplinary care to the patients.
Sonowal said, “It is a matter of pride that the country is moving towards holistic healthcare and integrative medicine is a key step in this goal.”
Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar said that such centres are crucial in providing a promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative therapy. She informed everyone about the significance of Yoga, Ayurveda, Homeopathy, Siddha and Unani medical systems that have grown especially due to the challenges of Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), multidrug-resistant diseases, lifestyle disorders, long term diseases.
