Ayush Ministry announces major initiatives in Sikkim, northeast
The Hindu
Underlying the importance of Sowa Rigpa, Minister says a 30-bedded Sowa Rigpa Hospital will be set up in Sikkim
An international yoga and naturopathy college would be set up in Sikkim that would also boost the medical tourism sector in the northeast, Union Minister for Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal said on Saturday.
He also announced other initiatives to boost the traditional medicinal practices, including Sowa Rigpa, Ayurveda and naturopathy, in Sikkim, at a national workshop in the State on Sowa Rigpa - the traditional and ancient medicinal practice of the Himalayan people.
Underlying the importance of Sowa Rigpa, the Minister said that a 30-bedded Sowa Rigpa Hospital would be set up in Sikkim. A yoga and wellness centre at every gram panchayat along with an Ayurveda medical college under the satellite institute programme in the State would be set up.
Mr. Sonowal highlighted the scope for Ayush-based growth in the region, stating that the Ministry was exploring the possibility of setting up a research council on Sowa Rigpa.
He also inaugurated a Sowa Rigpa college building at NIT in Deorali, Gangtok.
While residents are worried over deaths due to diarrhoea in Vijayawada, officials still grapple to find the root cause. Contaminated drinking water supplied by VMC officials is the reason, insist people in the affected areas, but officials insist that efforts are on to identify the disease and that those with symptoms other than diarrhoea too are visiting the health camps.