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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
08 JUN 2022 7:21PM by PIB Delhi
Operationalization of Ayurveda Centers in 35 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of AFMS

In order to extend the benefits of Ayurveda to residents of Cantonments, including families of Armed Forces personnel and civilians, Ayurveda centres in 35 out of 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services have been made operational.  This initiative would further popularize the traditional Indian Ayurveda system of medicines to a larger community.

Ministry of Defence and Ministry of AYUSH have worked in collaboration to make these Ayurveda Centers functional. In order to support this initiative, Ministry of AYUSH has provided Ayurveda Doctors to be deployed at these Ayurveda Centers.

As on date, Ayurveda centres have been made operational in 35 out of 37 Cantonment Board Hospitals and 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services.  Remaining two Ayurveda Centers of Cantonment Boards at Shahjahanpur and Jabalpur are planned to be operationalized soon.

List of  37 Cantonment Board Hospitals

  1.  

Agra
  1.  

Allahabad
  1.  

Bareilly
  1.  

Dehradun
  1.  

Mhow
  1.  

Pachmarhi
  1.  

Shahjahanpur*
  1.  

Jabalpur*
  1.  

Badamibagh
  1.  

Barrackpore
  1.  

Ahmedabad
  1.  

Dehuroad
  1.  

Khadki
  1.  

Secunderabad
  1.  

Dagshai
  1.  

Ferozepur
  1.  

Jalandhar
  1.  

Jammu
  1.  

Jutogh
  1.  

Kasauli
  1.  

Khasyol
  1.  

Subathu
  1.  

Jhansi
  1.  

Babina
  1.  

Roorkee
  1.  

Danapur
  1.  

Kamptee
  1.  

Ranikhet
  1.  

Lansdowne
  1.  

Ramgarh
  1.  

Mathura
  1.  

Belgaum
  1.  

Morar
  1.  

Wellington
  1.  

Amritsar
  1.  

Bakloh
  1.  

Dalhousie

 

* Will be operationalized soon.

 

LIST OF 12 MILITARY HOSPITALS OF AFMS

 

1.         Army

 

            (a)       Base Hospital Delhi Cantt              -           Western Command

 

            (b)       CH (WC) Chandimandir                 -           Western Command

 

            (c)        CH (CC) Lucknow                           -           Central Command

 

            (d)       CH (SC) Pune                                  -           Southern Command

 

            (e)       CH (EC) Kolkata                              -           Eastern Command

 

            (f)        MH Jabalpur                                     -           Central Command

 

            (g)       MH Jaipur                                          -           Sothern Western Command

 

            (h)       166 MH, Jammu                               -           Northern Command

 

            (j)         151 BH, Guwahati                           -           Eastern Command

 

2.         Navy 

 

            (a)       INHS Asvini, Mumbai

 

3.         Air Force

 

            (a)       CH (AF) Bangalore

 

            (b)       11 Air Force Hospital, Hindon

 

Earlier, Two MoUs were signed by the Ministry of Defence with Ministry of AYUSH, one for starting Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and another for starting Ayurveda Centres at 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services.

 

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