Two Ministries come together to start Ayurveda Centres in Cantt & military hospitals

New Delhi: Ministry of Defence (MoD) has on Wednesday signed two agreements with the Ministry of AYUSH for starting Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and Ayurveda Centres at 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS).

According to an official statement by the MoD, the MoUs were signed during the three-day mega event, Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit, organised at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from April 20-22, 2022.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the august gathering during the inaugural function, where the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) was also present.

Signatories for these MoUs were Special Secretary, MoA Pramod Kumar Pathak, DGAFMS Surg Vice Admiral Rajat Datta and Additional Director General Defence Estates Smt Sonam Yangdol.

This will make available well-established and time-tested therapies of Ayurveda to the residents of Cantonments, including families of Armed Forces personnel and civilians depending on these Military Hospitals. These Ayurveda Centres will be functional across the country from May 01, 2022.

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