Operationalization of Ayurveda Centers in 35 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of AFMS

Operationalization of Ayurveda Centers in 35 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of AFMS: PIB

Operationalization of Ayurveda Centers in 35 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of AFMS

Posted On: 08 JUN 2022 7:21 PM by PIB Delhi

In order to extend the benefits of Ayurveda to residents of Cantonments, including families of Armed Forces personnel and civilians, Ayurveda centres in 35 out of 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services have been made operational. This initiative would further popularize the traditional Indian Ayurveda system of medicines to a larger community.

Ministry of Defence and Ministry of AYUSH have worked in collaboration to make these Ayurveda Centers functional. In order to support this initiative, Ministry of AYUSH has provided Ayurveda Doctors to be deployed at these Ayurveda Centers.

As on date, Ayurveda centres have been made operational in 35 out of 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services. Remaining two Ayurveda Centers of Cantonment Boards at Shahjahanpur and Jabalpur are planned to be operationalized soon.

List of 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals

1. Agra
2. Allahabad
3. Bareilly
4. Dehradun
5. Mhow
6. Pachmarhi
7. Shahjahanpur*
8. Jabalpur*
9. Badamibagh
10. Barrackpore
11. Ahmedabad
12. Dehuroad
13. Khadki
14. Secunderabad
15. Dagshai
16. Ferozepur
17. Jalandhar
18. Jammu
19. Jutogh
20. Kasauli
21. Khasyol
22. Subathu
23. Jhansi
24. Babina
25. Roorkee
26. Danapur
27. Kamptee
28. Ranikhet
29. Lansdowne
30. Ramgarh
31. Mathura
32. Belgaum
33. Morar
34. Wellington
35. Amritsar
36. Bakloh
37. Dalhousie

* Will be operationalized soon.

LIST OF 12 MILITARY HOSPITALS OF AFMS

1. Army

2. Navy

(a) INHS Asvini, Mumbai

3. Air Force

(a) CH (AF) Bangalore

(b) 11 Air Force Hospital, Hindon

Earlier, Two MoUs were signed by the Ministry of Defence with Ministry of AYUSH, one for starting Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and another for starting Ayurveda Centres at 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services.

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Source: PIB