- On 17 October 2017, the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, dedicated the All India Institute of Ayurveda, in New Delhi, to the nation.
- It is the first ever All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) is set up along the lines of AIIMS.
- As an apex institute under the Ministry of AYUSH, the AIIA will bring synergy between the traditional wisdom of Ayurveda and modern diagnostic tools and technology.
- Speaking on this occasion, the Prime Minister congratulated the gathering on the celebration of Dhanvantari Jayanti as Ayurveda Divas.
- He complimented the Ministry of AYUSH for the establishment of the All India Institute of Ayurveda.
- On this occasion the Prime Minister said the Union Government has approved 100 percent FDI in healthcare systems.
- The Ministry has signed an MOU with the National Health Organization of USA for development of Ayurveda and Yoga.
- On this occasion, The Prime Minister released the “Ayurvedic Standard Treatment Guidelines”.
- The All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has been set up with a total campus area of 10.015 acres with a budget of Rs.157 Crore.
- It has an NABH Accredited Hospital and an Academic Block. Out Patient Services are being provided in the hospital block of the AIIA and medicines are given free of cost.
- Currently clinical specialties running in the hospital block are Neurological & Degenerative Disease Care Unit, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Care Unit, Diabetes & Metabolic/Allergic Disorders Care Unit, Yoga, Panchakarma Clinic, Kriya Kalpa, Diabetic Retinopathy Clinic, Kshara Evum Anushastra Karma and Infertility Clinic.
- It also has pathology, biochemistry, microbiology and radiology laboratories/diagnosis facilities.
- The indoor patient department has provision for 200 beds.
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