Preparations are on by the Kerala
state government to form a Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha, and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) Department, mirroring the Central model,
under the comprehensive health policy.
Absence
of an independent AYUSH department has been costing the state Central
funds amounting to lakhs of rupees and opportunities in Ayurveda and
other health care sectors.
The
department of AYUSH was constituted under the Central Health Department
in November 2003, replacing the Department of Indian Systems of
Medicine and Homoeopathy(ISMH).
The
national policy of the Union Ministry in 2002 had announced the
relevance of AYUSH to promote good health and expand the outreach of
health care to people who are not provided health cover. “The AYUSH
should facilitate availability of raw drugs which are authentic and
contain essential components as required under pharmacopoeia standards
to help improve quality of drugs, for domestic consumption and export.
Encouragement to set up general and specialised treatment centres of
AYUSH should be provided in all allopathic hospitals so as to provide
general and specialised therapies of Indian systems of medicine,” the
policy says.
Some states,
including Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, had formed the department at the
state-level. The Central AYUSH Department has been allotting funds for
research and development of state-level AYUSH. More than `10,000 crore
has been proposed in the 12th five-year plan for the National Ayurvedic
Research Institute for Vector Borne Diseases at Vijayawada.
Unfortunately
Kerala, the major hot-spot for Ayurvedic treatments, has been lagging
in the formation of the AYUSH Department. The Kerala State Government
Ayurveda Medical Officers’ Association (KSGAMOA) had submitted a
memorandum regarding the matter to the Chief Minister and Health
Minister two months ago.
source:http://newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/article1393407.ece
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