Question: Presently Indian Railways is running how much Ayurvedic Clinics through Staff Benefit Fund under Welfare Section of Establishment Directorate?
(a) 126
(b) 75
(c) 40
(d) 35
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On February 6th, 2018, the Ministry of Railways has signed MoU with the Ministry of AYUSH for promoting Ayush services in railway hospitals.
- The MoU is to augment the AYUSH system services in its zonal hospitals at New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati.
- Under this MoU Ministry of Railways and Ministry of AYUSH have decided to scale up AYUSH health services in B.R. Singh Hospital in Eastern Railway, Perambur Railway Hospital Southern Railway, Central Hospital of Northern Railway, JR Hospital in Western Railway and the Central Hospital of Northeast Frontier Railway.
- Under the terms of the MoU signed, Ministry of Railways will arrange for providing logistics and infrastructure in the form of Land & building, Equipments, Furniture, AYUSH medicines and consumables as well as Manpower as per its guidelines.
- It will organize and provide orientation training to newly recruited AYUSH Doctors and AYUSH Paramedicals.
- Ministry of AYUSH in turn will provide all other technical inputs required for introduction of AYUSH Systems in the five identified Railways Hospitals.
- The Ministry will also provide technical knowhow regarding the pharmacopoeia, medicine inventory, hospital planning.
- Guidelines of manpower requirement and Recruitment Rules; Procedures of AYUSH Doctors, AYUSH Para medical required for introduction of AYUSH Systems in five Railway Hospitals including the guidelines for contractual AYUSH doctors and paramedical staff would be aided by MoAYUSH.
- Presently Indian Railways is running 126 Homeopathic Clinics and 40 Ayurvedic Clinics through Staff Benefit Fund under Welfare Section of Establishment Directorate.
Reference:
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