100 beds for yoga and naturopathy in Assam's Dibrugarh, first in Northeast India
The institution will be developed with an investment of around Rs 100 crores.
Yoga and Naturopathic Hospital: Ayush and Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal along with Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday laid the foundation stone of the Central Research Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy (CRIYN) along with a 100-bed yoga and naturopathic hospital at Dihing Khamtighat in Dibrugarh. Assam.
The facility will be developed on a plot of nearly 15 acres (45 bighas) with an investment of approximately Rs 100 crores, with an aim to create a scientifically valid and useful synergy between traditional knowledge of yoga and naturopathy and modern technological tools.
It will establish benchmark standards in education, preventive healthcare and research in yoga and naturopathy. This state-of-the-art institute will focus on fundamental aspects and scientific validation of traditional medicines and practices through evidence-based research, besides functioning as an international collaborative center for global promotion and research in the field of yoga and naturopathy. The institute will also serve as an incubation center for yoga and wellness startups.
Addressing the gathering, Sarbananda Sonowal said, “Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, the Ayush movement has gained tremendous momentum as it has become a pioneering force of the global wellness movement. Today we are laying the foundation stone for the first of its kind Central Research Institute of Yoga & Naturopathy with a 100-bed hospital in Dibrugarh. Mother Nature has blessed us with her immense beauty and this will go a long way in providing a healing touch to people from not only the immediate region but also from the South Asia region, with the rejuvenated, scientifically validated treatment regimen through of yoga, naturopathy, Ayurveda and other traditional forms of medicine.”
The institution will also provide clinical training facilities to train experts in yoga and naturopathy for capacity building programs in cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes rehabilitation, autoimmune diseases and NCD risk reduction. With research and development in the protocols of yoga and naturopathy, CRIYN will develop evidence-based protocols for the treatment of NCDs that can be integrated with conventional care, strengthening the integrated medicine approach to patient care. The hospital will provide inpatient services with yoga and naturopathic protocols to heal and enrich the quality of life.
Speaking on the occasion, Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji, the union government has extended tremendous support by adding one central institution after another, thereby strengthening the vision of an Atmanirbhar Bharat. With the beginning of AIIMS-like institutions and medical colleges in every district of Assam, the strengthening of the Ayush medicine system with new Ayush hospitals across Assam, and many other progressive steps, have strengthened the medical infrastructure in the state. Naturopathy and Yoga are the two main fields of Ayush that not only cure your ailments but rejuvenate your body and mind to face any challenge and live a healthy life.
The hospital will provide inpatient, outpatient and day care services. The services offered by the institute are naturopathic diet and nutrition, yoga therapy, massage and manipulative therapies, acupressure, acupuncture, chromotherapy, magnet therapy, physiotherapy and hydrotherapy treatments. It will help patients effectively manage obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, asthma, COPD, migraine, IBS, IBD, arthritis, autoimmune diseases, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases.