Punjab Govt to set up two Ayush Hospitals
Chandigarh: The Punjab government will set up two 50-bed Ayush hospitals in the state, Health minister Brahm Mohindra said.
The standardise services of Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy would also be provided to the indoor and outdoor patients in these hospitals, he added.
The state government would soon begin the construction work of the hospitals, costing about Rs 12.5 crore.
He said that the Punjab government is to start the thalassaemia treatment centre of Ayuveda at Ludhiana and Rs 36 lakh have been sanctioned to set up the centre.
In a first of its kind initiative, the treatment of thalassaemia would be provided to patients at this centre, he said, adding earlier, thalassaemia patients had to go to Gujarat for treatment.
To provide thalassaemia treatment in Punjab, a special training had been imparted to seven Ayurveda Medical Officers (AMOs) at Ahmedabad in Gujarat and now patients would soon be getting Ayurvedic treatment at the Ludhiana centre, he added.
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