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Over 700 patients availed Ayurveda treatment at 12 AFMS Hospitals
12 AFMS hospitals have started offering Ayurveda OPD treatments with effect from 1st June 2022.
New Delhi: More than 700 patients have availed of Ayurveda facilities recently opened in 12 Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS) hospitals in the last six weeks. Most of these patients have been suffering from chronic diseases like hypertension, diabetes, skin disorders, digestive problems arthritis, bronchial asthma etc.
It may be recalled that the Ministry of Defense has integrated Ayurvedic treatment into Healthcare Establishments under the ministry and accordingly 12 AFMS hospitals have started offering Ayurveda OPD treatments with effect from 1st June 2022.
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These hospitals are Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Kolkata, Command Hospital (Southern Command), Pune, Command Hospital (Central Command), Lucknow, Command Hospital (Western Command), Chandimandir, Base Hospital Delhi Cantonment, Base Hospital Guwahati, Military Hospital Jammu, Military Hospital Jaipur, Military Hospital Jabalpur, INHS Asvini, Mumbai, Command Hospital Air Force, Bengaluru and Air Force Hospital Hindon.
Qualified doctors and pharmacists have been appointed by the DGAFMS at these hospitals in conjunction with the Ministry of Ayush. Ayurveda medicines have also been made available at these centres free of cost. The dependents of serving personnel, veterans and their dependents are entitled to avail this facility.
Joint research projects between the Armed Forces Medical Services and the Ministry of Ayush are being planned which would be beneficial for the serving personnel of the Armed Forces.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that two MoUs had been signed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with the Ministry of AYUSH (MoA), one for starting Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and another for starting Ayurveda Centres at 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).
These MoUs had been signed during the three-day mega event, Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit, organised at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from April 20-22, 2022.
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