AIIMS Bhubaneswar signs MoU to set up Department of Integrative Medicine
AIIMS Bhubaneswar and CCRH have started working together to set up a Department of Integrative Medicine here at AIIMS.
Bhubaneswar: AIIMS Bhubaneswar and Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) have entered into an MoU with the objective to integrate Homoeopathy into the existing healthcare system.
The MoU aims to reduce the over usage of modern medicine drugs in tertiary health care facilities, provide a productive synergy for cooperation in research and education and provide a compact platform for research to establish Homeopathy on the basis of scientific evidence.
AIIMS Bhubaneswar and CCRH have started working together to set up a Department of Integrative Medicine here at AIIMS.
The MoU will provide the scope to explore and establish the scientific evidence of Homoeopathy, said AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas.
Through the MoU, the two national institutes will have the scope of collaborative research for the therapeutic response of the medicine in Homoeopathy and protocol of treatment, added Dr Biswas.
Director General (DG) of CCRH, Dr Subhash Kaushik, said the outcome of this MoU will certainly boost the health care system and benefit the masses.
Integrating Homoeopathy in Healthcare will help to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) as advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO), stressed experts on the occasion.
During the COVID pandemic, Homoeopathy proved a precedent of adjunctive care to standard therapy.
It may be noted here that Homoeopathy has been used as a therapeutic measure over the year in different diseased condition such as Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pediatrics Complaints, Chronic Dermatological problems, Autoimmune Disease Conditions, Psychosomatic Disorders, Life Style Disorders, Allergic Conditions.
Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that in a bid to promote Ayurveda and homeopathy treatment in all hospitals run by the Central government, the Union Ministry of AYUSH has started preparing to open OPD and IPD of Ayurveda and homeopathy in all the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the country.
