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Mizoram: Shri Sarbananda Sonowal announces major healthcare boost, lays foundation stones for Six Ayush Hospitals
New Delhi: The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports Shipping & Waterways Shri Sarbananda Sonowal announced a slew of measures to boost the AYUSH sector in Mizoram. The Minister, along with the Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, laid the foundation stones for six Ayush hospitals in Mizoram.
In a further boost to healthcare infrastructure in the hill state of the Northeast, as many as 24 Ayush Health & Wellness Centres (HWC) were inaugurated across Mizoram at the event held here today.
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The three 50 bedded hospitals will be developed at Aizawl, Champai, and Hnahthial in the state. The three 10 bedded hospitals will be developed at Khawzawl, Saitul, and Hortoki in the state. The Union Minister while highlighting the importance of traditional Indian medicine spoke about the role the folk medicine of the Northeast can play in palliative, preventive, curative patient care along with modern healthcare.
The Union Minister underlined the importance of unlocking value from the rich traditional medicinal practice of India, including the folk medicines of Mizoram and the Northeast. Speaking about the role of Ayush can play in patient care management, Shri Sonowal further said that the rich heritage of traditional medicines as envisaged by Ayush is scientifically proven to be effective inpatient care.
The holistic approach to patient care & healthy lifestyle includes both preventive as well as curative aspects. He said that in order to learn & leverage folk medicine, the AYUSH ministry is conducting a multi-centric research project to critically appraise and validate Local Health Traditions (LHT), Oral health Traditions (OHT), and Ethno Medicinal Practices (EMP) among ethnic communities of the Northeast."
Speaking about the role of Mizoram & Northeast in India's new age of economic growth, the Union Minister said, "Through ACT East Policy, the PM has envisaged the Northeast to be the most important region of India that will power the New Engine of growth. The Asta Lakshmi of Northeast can be realized fully when Mizoram - along with all other Northeastern states - becomes Atma Nirbhar by enhancing our wisdom, working in cooperation & partnership, develop our abilities to compete at the global level."
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