Government announces major healthcare boost for Mizoram
03 March 2022 | News
Ayush Minister inaugurates 24 Health & Wellness Centres in Mizoram
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The Union Minister of Ayush and Ports Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal has announced a slew of measures to boost the AYUSH sector in Mizoram.
The Minister, along with the Chief Minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga, laid the foundation stones for six Ayush hospitals in Mizoram.
In a further boost to healthcare infrastructure in the hill state of the Northeast, as many as 24 Ayush Health & Wellness Centres (HWC) were inaugurated across Mizoram.
The three 50 bedded hospitals will be developed at Aizawl, Champai and Hnahthial in the state. The three 10 bedded hospitals will be developed at Khawzawl, Saitul and Hortoki in the state. The Union Minister while highlighting the importance of traditional Indian medicine spoke about the role the folk medicine of Northeast can play in palliative, preventive, curative patient care along with the modern healthcare.
