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Business News/ News / India/  NEIAH expands capacity with six new buildings worth over 60 crore, says Sonowal
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NEIAH expands capacity with six new buildings worth over ₹60 crore, says Sonowal

The new buildings will include a boys hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, a girls hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, 8 units of Type III quarter

Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Mint.Premium
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Mint.

New Delhi: Union Minister of Ayush and Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday inaugurated six new buildings as part of the Project II of North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH) to expand capacity, with an estimated cost of more than 60 crore.

The new buildings will include a boys hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, a girls hostel with a capacity to accommodate 104 occupants, 8 units of Type III quarter, 6 units of Type IVA Quarter, 7 units of Type IVB cum Director’s Residence, a senior resident hostel with 25 units, and a guest house with 19 rooms & 2 suites.

Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Sonowal highlighted the role of traditional medicine in the healthcare system of the country and the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop an effective and efficient healthcare delivery system. He also mentioned the role of Northeast in traditional medicine and the need to build a scientific base for traditional medicine.

The North Eastern Institute of Ayurveda & Homoeopathy (NEIAH) is an autonomous Institute under Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. NEIAH was established to provide healthcare facilities to the people of NE Region and Sikkim under Ayurveda and Homoeopathy systems of medicine.

NEIAH has already enrolled six undergraduate batches into Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine & Surgery (BAMS) and Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine & Surgery (BHMS). The intake of students has been increased from 50 to 63 per batch. The courses are affiliated to North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong, Meghalaya.

The hospital at the NEIAH campus has a capacity of 60 beds for Ayurveda and 20 beds for Homoeopathy, and is well-equipped with private wards, labour room, operation theatre, yoga centre, physiotherapy unit, Panchkarma unit, and investigation facilities like ECG, USG, X-ray, laboratories, Nadi Tarangani etc. The institute runs 7 OPDs in Ayurveda and 5 OPDs in Homoeopathy.

NEIAH has witnessed a steady growth in patients as more and more people are experiencing better results at the hospital. In FY2022-23, the hospital saw footfall of 52,088 patients in its OPD clinics while 504 patients were admitted as IPD patients for healing & recovery.

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Published: 15 May 2023, 09:24 PM IST
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