Lok Sabha Question No. 3202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-06
Subject: Doctors and Hospitals in AYUSH System of Medicine
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: Riti Pathak

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 3202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH DECEMBER, 2019

## DOCTORS AND HOSPITA LS IN AYUSH SYSTEM O F MEDICINE

## 3202. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

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

- (a) the total number of doctors of AYUSH system of medicines practicing for each system medicine  along  with  hospitals  and  dispensaries  functioning  in  the  country,  State/UT - wise including Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  bring  AYUSH  sy stem  of  healthcare  facilities  into mainstream; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to build up any Naturopathy hospital in Madhya Pradesh

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The number of AYUSH doctors practicing in Homeopathy, Unani, Siddha and Naturopathy in the country, State / UT - wise including Madhya Pradesh is furnished at Annexure I.
- (b) : The steps taken by the Government for mainstreaming healthcare facilities under AYUS are given below: -
1. National Health Policy - 2017 inter - alia makes  provision  for  mainstreaming  of  AYUSH with following objectives:
- a. To provide comprehensive set of preventive, promotive, rehabilitative services

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- b. This  policy  ensures  access  to  AYUSH  remedies  through  co - location  in  public facilities.
- c. The policy recognizes the need to standardize and validate Ayurvedic medicin s and establish a robust and effective quality control mechanism for AUSH drugs.
- d. Policy  recognizes  the  need  to  nurture  AYUSH  system  of  medicine,  through development of infrastructural facilities of teaching institutions, improving control of drugs, capacity building of institutions and professionals.

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- e. Development of sustainable livelihood systems through involving communities and establishing forward and backward market linkages processing of medicinal plants.
- f. To strengthen steps for farming of herbal plants.
2. Government  of  India  has  adopted  a  strategy  of  Co - location  of  AYUSH  facilities  at Primary  Health  Centers  (PHCs),  Community  Health  Centers (CHCs)  and  District Hospitals (DHs), thus enabling choice to the patients for d fferent systems of medicines under single window. The engagement of AYUSH Doctors/paramedics and their training are  supported  by  the  Department  of  Health  &  Family  Welfare,  whi le  the  support  for AYUSH infrastructure, equipment/ furniture and medicines are provided by Ministry AYUSH under shared responsibilities.
3. Further, the Central Government has launched National AYUSH Mission (NAM) which is the flagship Centrally Sponsored Scheme of the Ministry of AYUSH for im plementing through States/UTs. The Mission envisages better access to AYUSH services, strengthening  of  AYUSH  educational  institutions,  enforcement  of  quality  control Ayurveda,  Siddha  and  Unani  &  Homoeopathy  (ASU  & H)  drugs  and  promotion  of medicinal plants for sustainable availability of raw - materials for ASU & H drugs in the States/UTs.
4. National  AYUSH  Mission  (NAM)inter - alia makes  provision  for  following  major activities through States/UTs:
- a. Better access to AYUSH services by supporting States/UTs for opening integrated AYUSH hospitals, up -gradation of AYUSH hospitals and dispensaries, supply of AYUSH medicines.
- b. Strengthening of AYUSH educational institutions by strengthening States/UTs t improve infrastructure of education institutions.
- c. Facilitate the enforcement of quality control of Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani Homoeopathy  (ASU&H)  drugs  by  establishment  of  AYUSH  pharmacies  and drugs testing laboratories.
- d. Sustainable availability of ASU & H raw - materials b y encouraging cultivation of medicinal plants.
5. Three Research Councils, Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences(CCRAS), Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) and Central Council for Research in  Unani  Medicines  (CCRUM)    of  the  Ministr y  of  AYUSH  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  collaborat on  with  Directorate General  of  Health  Services  (DGHS),  Ministry  of  Health  and  Family  Welfare. The CCRAS has been contributing  immensely  for the development for the development of the ayurveda system and for its efforts  in recognition of its outstandin g services to senior citizens  and  research  activities  in  the  Geriatric  care.    His  Excellency  the  Pres India  conferred  the  National  Award  'Vayoshreshtha  Samman'  2019  to  CCRAS  in  the category  'Best  Institution  for  Research  in  the  field  of  Ageing  '  by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India.
6. Central Council of Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) has co - location of homoeopathy treatment  center  in  allopathic  hospital s for  providing  treatment  on  various  clinical conditions at the following places:
- a. Safdarjung Hospital (New Delhi)
- b. Lady Hardinge Medical College & Hospital (New Delhi)
- c. Delhi Cantonment General Hospital (New Delhi)
- d. Delhi State Cancer Hospital (Delhi)
- e. Clinical trial Unit, at BRD Medical College and Hospital, Gorakhpur (UP)
- f. Extension center at Princess DurruSevar Children and General Hyderabad (Telangana)
- g. Civil Hospital, Aizwal, Mizoram
- h. District hospital, Dimapur, Nagaland

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7. Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicines  (CCRUM)  is  providing  healthcare facilities t hrough relocation/ extension center at Dr. RML Hospital, Dr. DDU Hospital All  India  Institute  of  Ayurveda,  AYUSH  Wellness  Centre,  New  Delhi,  Safdarjung Hospital  and  Extension  Research  Centre  for  Unani  at  Kannur,  Kerala  with  a  view makeUnani treatment f acility available to more and more people.
8. Central  Council  for  Research  in  Siddha  (CCRS)  has  initiated  research  studies prevention and treatment of vector borne disease like dengue fever & chikungunya . Two collaborative projects in validating the effectiveness of Siddha formulation for and Chikungunya are in pipeline.
9. Central Council for Research in Yoga and Naturopathy (CCRYN), Ministry of AYUSH has  taken  various  steps  for  development  of  Yoga &  Naturopathy  systems.  Presently, Council  is  implementing  following  schemes  to  promote  Yoga  &  Naturopathy  in  the country:
4. a.Establishment of Post Graduate Institutes of Yoga and Naturopathy Education a Research (PGIYNER) with 200 bedded Yoga and Naturopath y hospital at Jhajjar, Haryana and Nagamangala, Karnataka.
5. b.Establishment of Central Research Institutes of Yoga & Naturopathy in Odish West  Bengal,  Rajasthan,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Kerala,  Jharkhand  and  Chhattisgarh along  with  100  bedded  indoor  hospital  facili ties  to  carry  out  in  depth  research studies to establish the efficacy of Yoga and Naturopathy in various disorders
6. (c ): Public Health being a state subject, establishment of any Naturopathy Hospital in Ma Pradesh comes under the purview of theState Government. However, under Centrally Sponsored Scheme of National AYUSH Mission (NAM) there is a provision for financial assistance f setting up of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals including Naturopathy hospita State Government of Mad hya  Pradesh may  avail  the  eligible  financial  assistance  as  per  NAM guidelines. The status of up to 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospitals approved by the Mini of  AYUSH  as  per  proposal  received  from  Madhya  Pradesh  is  furnished  at Annexure  II. In addition to  it,  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  (CCRYN),  Ministry  o AYUSH  has  already  opened  Yoga  and  Naturopathy  OPDs/  Wellness  Centers  in  Govt. Hospitals/Institutes in different states including Madhya Pradesh.

Annexure - I

State wise AYUSH Registered Practitioners (Doctors) as on 1 - 1- 2018

| S.No.   | States/Uts        |   Ayur - veda |   U nani |   Siddha |   Naturo- pathy |   Homoeo - pathy |   Total |
|---------|-------------------|---------------|----------|----------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
| 1       | 2                 |             3 |        4 |        5 |               6 |                7 |       8 |
| 1       | Andhra Pradesh    |         15921 |      702 |        0 |             123 |             5247 |   21993 |
| 2       | Arunachal Pradesh |            55 |        1 |        1 |               0 |              336 |     393 |
| 3       | Assam             |          1018 |        0 |        0 |               0 |             1160 |    2178 |
| 4       | Bihar             |         96841 |     7123 |        0 |               0 |            32506 |  136470 |
| 5       | Chhattisgarh      |          3430 |      148 |        0 |             102 |             1927 |    5607 |
| 6       | Delhi             |          4661 |     2570 |        0 |               0 |             4965 |   12196 |
| 7       | Goa               |           668 |        0 |        0 |               0 |              714 |    1382 |
| 8       | Gujarat           |         26716 |      327 |        0 |               0 |            22930 |   49973 |
| 9       | Haryana           |          8319 |      216 |        0 |               0 |             5586 |   14121 |
| 10      | Himachal Pradesh  |         10338 |        0 |        0 |               0 |             1282 |   11620 |
| 11      | Jammu & Kashmir   |          3123 |     2596 |        0 |               0 |              410 |    6129 |
| 12      | Jharkhand         |           219 |       54 |        0 |               0 |              538 |     811 |
| 13      | Karnataka         |         35886 |     2074 |        5 |             911 |             9450 |   48326 |
| 14      | Kerala            |         25142 |      118 |     2275 |             224 |            13847 |   41606 |
| 15      | Madhya Pradesh    |         46981 |     1783 |        0 |              15 |            18284 |   67063 |
| 16      | Maharashtra       |         79200 |     7000 |        0 |               0 |            66947 |  153147 |
| 17      | Manipur           |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 18      | Meghalaya         |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |              368 |     368 |
| 19      | Mizoram           |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 20      | Nagaland          |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |              143 |     143 |
| 21      | Odisha            |          4874 |       26 |        0 |               0 |             9825 |   14725 |
| 22      | Punjab            |         11374 |      211 |        0 |               0 |             4411 |   15996 |
| 23      | Rajasthan         |          9762 |      983 |        0 |               8 |             8063 |   18816 |
| 24      | Sikkim            |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 25      | Tamil Nadu        |          4357 |     1182 |     6844 |             788 |             5596 |   18767 |
| 26      | Telangana         |         10937 |     4764 |        0 |             314 |             4911 |   20926 |
| 27      | Tripura           |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |              447 |     447 |
| 28      | Uttar Pradesh     |         37262 |    13884 |        0 |               0 |            34343 |   85489 |
| 29      | Uttarakhand       |          3117 |      133 |        0 |               0 |              823 |    4073 |
| 30      | West Bengal       |          3503 |     5215 |        0 |               0 |            38231 |   46949 |
| 31      | A&N Islands       |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 32      | Chandigarh        |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |              165 |     165 |
| 33      | D&N Haveli        |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 34      | Daman&Diu         |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 35      | Lakshdweep        |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
| 36      | Puducherry        |             0 |        0 |        0 |               0 |                0 |       0 |
|         | TOTAL             |        443704 |    51110 |     9125 |            2485 |           293455 |  799879 |

## Annexure II

## The number of units assisted for setting up of upto 50 bedded integrated AYUSH Hospital under National AYUSH Mission since inception of NAM

| Name of the State   | Location    |   No. of unit approved |
|---------------------|-------------|------------------------|
| Madhya Pradesh      | Bhopal      |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Indore      |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Narsinghpur |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Chitrakoot  |                      1 |
| Madhya Pradesh      | Mandleshwar |                      1 |
| Total               | Total       |                      5 |