The Indian Ministry of AYUSH has taken various measures for integration
of modern and traditional systems of medicine to facilitate a meaningful cross
learning and collaboration between the two medical science branches.
In a written reply in the Upper House of the Parliament, Minister
of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan enumerated the following
initiatives:-
— The Ministry of AYUSH under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme
of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) co-locates AYUSH facilities at Primary Health
Centres (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs) and District Hospitals (DHs),
thus enabling choice to the patients for different systems of medicine under a single
window.
— Three Research Councils of the Ministry namely Central
Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences(CCRAS), Central Council of Research
in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in Unani Medicines
(CCRUM) have jointly taken up a project on National Programme for Prevention
and Control of Cancer Diabetes Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS)
through integration of Allopathy and AYUSH system on pilot basis in different
districts in collaboration with Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS),
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
— To integrate Yoga in the mainstream medical care, Morarji
Desai National Institute of Yoga (MDNIY), an Autonomous body under the Ministry
of AYUSH is running four Yoga Therapy Centres at modern medicine Govt.
Hospitals in Delhi. MDNIY is also running 20 Preventive Health Care Units of
Yoga in CGHS Dispensaries in Delhi & NCR.
— The CCRUM has undertaken several collaborative projects
with modern allopathic hospitals like AIIMS, New Delhi; JN Medical College,
Aligarh and Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi.
— The Central Council for Research in Siddha has initiated
various collaborative clinical studies with modern allopathic hospitals like
Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai; Govt. Theni Medical College, Tamil
Nadu; Govt. Institute of Medical Sciences, Greater Noida; Sri Ramachandra
Institute of Higher Education & Research, Chennai and Govt. Medical College
& ESI Hospital, Coimbatore.
