National Health Assurance Mission will promote AYUSH - Pranab Mukherjee
The government on Monday (09-06-2014) announced that it will formulate a new health
policy to achieve the objectives of holistic health care system that is
universally accessible, affordable and effective.
"Our
country needs a holistic health care system that is universally
accessible, affordable and effective. To achieve this objective, my
government will formulate a New Health Policy and roll out a National
Health Assurance Mission," President Pranab Mukherjee said addressing
the joint sitting of both houses of Parliament.
He added that the mission will promote Naturopathy and AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy).
The
president said that to address the shortfall of health care
professionals, health education and training will be transformed.
India has a shortage around 6.4 million allied health professionals, according to a study.
Mukherjee
also said, "AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) like
institutes will be established in every state in a phased manner."
At the moment, there are eight AIIMS-like institutes in the country.
Recognised
in Southeast Asia as a centre of excellence in the field of medical
sciences, education and research, the premier All India Institute of
Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has inspired the government to set up similar
super-speciality institutes in other states.
With
the aim to provide similar kind of multi-speciality facilities at
affordable rates in other states, the Congress-led UPA government in
2006 approved the setting up of six AIIMS like institutions.
But
the idea was first proposed in 2003 by the then Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) government. It was, however, cleared in 2006 by then Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh.
The six institutes are
in Patna (Bihar), Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Bhubaneswar (Orissa),
Jodhpur (Rajasthan), Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and Rishikesh (Uttarakhand).
These institutes will also provide undergraduate medical education for 100 students a year.
In
2009, the government approved two more such institutes, taking the
final number to eight. The two AIIMS-like institutes are being set up at
Raiganj (West Bengal's North Dinajpur district) and Rae Bareli (Uttar
Pradesh).
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