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

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. Indian Military Veterans

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

 (a) Base Hospital Delhi Cantt Western Command

 (b) CH (WC) Chandimandir Western Command

 (c) CH (CC) Lucknow Central Command

 (d) CH (SC) Pune Southern Command

 (e) CH (EC) Kolkata Eastern Command

 (f) MH Jabalpur Central Command

 (g) MH Jaipur Sothern Western Command

 (h) 166 MH, Jammu Northern Command

 (j) 151 BH, Guwahati Eastern Command

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