Lok Sabha Question No. 6662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-06
Subject: AYUSH Clinic for Elderly
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 6662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH APRIL, 2018

## AYUSH CLINIC FOR ELD ERLY

## 6662. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

Will  the  Minister of AYURVEDA,  YOGA  AND  NATUROPATHY,  UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government provides best services to elderly under AYUSH system of medicin
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, whether the Government has any proposal to open special clinic for elder person villages;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the other measures being taken by the Government to provide low cost healthcare facilit elderly under AYUSH system of medicines?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a) to  (e) : Yes,  the  Government  provides optimum services  to  elderly  under  AYUSH system of medicines.

As  Health  is  a  State  subject, opening  of  special  clinic  for  elder  persons in  villages comes under the purview of the respective State/UT Government .

However,  under  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  National  AYUSH  Mission (NAM), there is a provision of financial assistance to the States/UT s for setting up of upto 50 - bedded integrated  AYUSH  Hospitals  and  for establishment of  AYUSH facility in  Primary  Health Centres (PHCs). Accordingly, State/UT Government may avail assistance through posing thei requirement in their State Annual Action Plan (SAAP) as per NAM guidelines .Further, under NAM there is provision of supply of essential drugs to the AYUSH hospitals and dispensa through which the public including elderly persons can avail free services.

Contd…….

In  addition , Central  Council  for  Research  in Ayurvedic  Sciences  ( CCRAS ),  an autonomous  organization  under  Ministry  of  AYUSH  provides health  care  services  to  elderly through Geriatric Out- Patient Departments ( OPDs ) at its 22 peripheral institutes. The details o the  22  peripheral  institutes  are placedat Annexure . Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha (CCRS) , an  autonomous  organization  under  Ministry  of  AYUSH isalso  providing Geriatric special  Out  Patient  services .  Further,  National  Institute  of  Siddha  (NIS), an  autonomous organization  under  Ministry of  AYUSH  also  conduct  a  special  OPD  for  elderly  persons. Geriatric patients are exempted from payment of Indoor - Patient Department (IPD) charges.

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## CENTRAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH IN AYURVEDIC SCIENCES

## List of Institutes conducting Geriatric OPD

|   S. No. | Name of Institute/Centres/Unit                                                                              |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases, Delhi.                                     |
|        2 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Neuromuscular & Musculo - Skeletal Disorders, Cheruthuruthy, Kerala |
|        3 | CentralAyurveda Research Institute for Hepatobiliary Disorders, Odisha                                      |
|        4 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Kolkata,                                          |
|        5 | Central Ayurveda Research Institute for Respiratory Disorders,                                              |
|        6 | RegionalAyurveda Research Institute for Eye Diseases, Lucknow, Uttar                                        |
|        7 | Raja Ramdeo Anandilal Podar (RRAP) Central Ayurveda Research Cancer, Mumbai, Maharashtra                    |
|        8 | M.S. Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Endocrine Disorders, Rajasthan                                |
|        9 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Drug Development, Gwalior, Pradesh                                 |
|       10 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Skin disorders, Pradesh                                            |
|       11 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Mother and Child , Maharashtra                                     |
|       12 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Metabolic Disorders,                                               |
|       13 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Life style related Disorders, Kerala                               |
|       14 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Infectious Diseases, Patna,                                        |
|       15 | Research Ayurveda Regional Institute for Gastro -Intestinal Disorders, Assam                                |
|       16 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Gangtok, Sikkim                                                       |
|       17 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute, Itanagar, nachalAru Pradesh                                           |
|       18 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Urinary Disorders, Jammu, Kashmir                                  |
|       19 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Nutritional Disorders , Pradesh                                    |
|       20 | Regional Ayurveda Research Institute for Skin Disorders, Ahmedabad, Gujarat                                 |
|       21 | Advanced Center for Ayurveda in Mental Health & Neurosciences, Karnataka                                    |
|       22 | Dr. Achanta Lakshmipati Research Centre for Ayurveda, Chennai, Tamil                                        |