The bridge course permits bachelor of ayurveda medicine and surgery (BAMS) doctors to practice allopathy to a certain extent at health and wellness centres (HWCs) across the state. Under the national health mission, a bridge course was designed with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). After some time, a common bridge programme for nurses and ayurveda doctors was approved by IGNOU. The bams professionals, after being trained in primary care and public health competencies through the bridge course.