Following the Central government’s initiative to co-locate AYUSH facilities at Primary Health Centres (PHC), Community Health Centres (CHC) and District Hospitals (DH) to provide choice to patients for different systems of medicines under a single window, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar in her written reply in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday noted that AYUSH services had been allocated at 470 DHs and 3,149 CHCs, among other health centres, as on September 30, 2023.
She added that AYUSH has been integrated with various new and upcoming All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) established under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
“A Joint Coordination Committee comprising members from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Ayush has been constituted to work out modalities for effective and expeditious integration of AYUSH in new and upcoming AIIMS. Wellness-related activities like yoga, cycling and meditation are conducted in Ayushman Arogya Mandirs,” the Minister added.
