Kohima: Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister P Longon has inaugurated state’s first AYUSH Hospital in Dimapur.
Addressing at the inaugural function yesterday, Mr Longon said the new hospital was a much-needed requirement which would provide opportunity to the medical fraternity to acquire more knowledge and skills.
He said prior to the State Institute of Health & Family Welfare (SIHFW), the Department could not provide in-service training as desired in terms of meeting the vast training needs and skills upgradation that had been a major deterrent for operationalisation of health and facility and delivery of quality services in the state.
He expressed confidence that after SIHFW came to being as the first of its kind in Nagaland, it would improve efficiency and effectiveness of medical officers and Para- medical personnel through training that would help improve health care services in the state.
Mr Longon acknowledged the Union government for granting the 10-bed integrated AYUSH hospital in the state with other states in the region.
The minister said the main purpose of establishing the hospital was to ensure promotion of Indian traditional medicine system in northeastern states along with the rest of the country. Taking advantage of rich medicinal plants and herbs in Nagaland, he highlighted the raw materials for manufacturing and production of AYUSH drugs which would be cost effective and suitable for economically backward area.He recalled how he “accidentally†attended a conference on AYUSH in New Delhi and was highly impressed when then Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Harsh Vardhan asked for his views on AYUSH.
Mr Longon said even in ancient India, use of traditional medicine was widespread. (UNI)
