To expedite development work in health sector, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu laid the foundation stone for capacity expansion at the NEIAFMR located State’s Pasighat town.
The expansion project at the NEIAFMR or North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda and Folk Medicine Research will cost Rs 53 crore.
Sonowal highlighted about the rich heritage of healing humanity through the use of folk medicine for thousands of years in Bharat.
Appreciating Prime Minister’s visionary leadership, the Union Ports, Shipping, Waterways and Ayush Minister said, “A sincere effort has been made to rejuvenate traditional medicines, including folk medicine to strengthen the healthcare system and provide people with an enriched life experience.”
Under the capacity expansion project, an academic building, hostels for boys and girl students, staff quarters as well as the director’s bungalow will be built.
This apart, the investment will cover the construction of an ayurveda college for imparting quality undergraduate courses in ayurveda, Bachelor of Ayurveda Medicine and Surgery or BAMS as well as postgraduate courses in due course of time.
Echoing same thoughts, CM Khandu expressed, “We are elated that NEIAFMR, an institution of Arunachal Pradesh, is heading towards harnessing the richness of folk medicine of the Northeast.”
To develop and make traditional healthcare robust, particularly in the Northeast Region, NEIAFMR was constituted. It is now functioning as the apex research centre for all aspects of local health traditions and ethno medicinal practices.
Additionally, the institute has been functioning as a common ground for traditional healers, ayurvedic researchers as well as scientific community in order to scientifically demonstrate the efficiency of traditional medicine towards enrichment of human lives.
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