3 Naturopathy hospitals set to boost wellness tourism in Uttarakhand

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand AYUSH Department has announced plans to establish three naturopathy hospitals in the Kumaon region to promote wellness tourism in the hill areas of the state.

Department officials stated that three big AYUSH hospitals will be built on resort pattern, where customers and ailing patients will be treated as per the traditional Indian medication system without the use of allopathic medicines.

According to Department Secretary Dipendra Chaudhary, the state AYUSH Department has already selected land to set up two large size naturopathy hospitals in Champawat and Pithoragarh districts, while location hunt for the third is in progress in Bageshwar district. All three will come up in the Kumaon region, news agency UNI reported.

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Choudhary and other officials said that in the first phase, preparations are being made to open naturopathy hospitals in three districts with the aim to link Ayush and wellness tourism in Uttarakhand. Department officials said that the first two hospitals will come up at Balwa Kot in Pithoragarh and Koli Dhek of Champawat districts, as place for the third hospital in Bageshwar is being hunted.

Simultaneously, the department is preparing a formal proposal for central government's support to realise the goal. According to the state Ayush Department official, the financial support will be funded under the National AYUSH Mission program, and the proposal will soon be sent to the central government for further action.

"A proposal to open Naturopathy Hospitals in three districts is being prepared in the first phase. These hospitals will be established on the lines of resorts, where patients will receive natural medicine treatment along with better accommodation facilities. This will promote wellness tourism in the state," informed Choudhary.

It's notable that Government of India had started its AYUSH Gram Yojana with a target to set up one Ayush wellness village in every block of the state under its National AYUSH Mission (NAM) launched in 2014. The scheme of creating AYUSH Grams advocated for adoption of adoption of method and practice of the AYUSH way of living and health care in these villages. However, the Central Government has now discontinued the scheme. According to State Ayush Department officials state centre now provides financial assistance for opening naturopathy hospitals in the rural areas of the state, reports UNI.

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