Tripura soon to have ‘Ayurvedic’ and Homeopathy hospitals , upgradation of health infrastructure

By Our Correspondent

Agartala, May 29, 2024

The state government is working with a clear vision to upgrade the health infrastructure of the state up to the highest level and special attention is being paid to improving the services and infrastructure in all hospitals. A plan has been chalked out to launch one ‘Ayurvedic’ and one Homeopathy medical colleges in the state to cater to the growing needs of the people as well as to strengthen the health infrastructure. Keeping this in view the state government is working on a plan to launch the ‘Ayurvedic’ and Homeopathy colleges in Tripura.

This assertion was made by the chief minister Dr Manik Saha in an interaction with the media at the end of his visit to the state ‘Ayurvedic’ hospital yesterday. In the course of his visit to the hospital , accompanied by the health secretary Kiran Gittye and other senior health officials, the chief minister exchanged views with the doctors in charge of the ‘Ayurvedic’ hospital in Paradise Chaumuhuni area of Agartala town. Dr Saha also apprised himself of the status and state of the ‘Ayurvedic’ hospital by interacting with the in-charge doctors and inspected the various departments of the hospital.

“This hospital is quite old and the people of the state also expect services from this hospital; I came today to inaugurate the new building of the hospital; I have come to know that every day a considerable number of patients come here to avail themselves of the services; so I came to see the condition of the hospital and a decision on how best the old building of the hospital can be utilized will be decided by the government soon” the chief minister told media persons.He said that steps have already been taken to set up an ‘Ayurvedic’ and a Homeopathy medical college and hospital in Tripura and the health secretary has already written a letter to his union counterpart in this regard. “To begin with we will launch an ‘Ayurvedic’ medical college first and then we will go for a Homeopathy medical college; there are certain problems but we will sort them out and the proposed colleges will be duly launched in time” said Dr Manik Saha. He also asserted that the state government is also working on a plan to expand the infrastructural facilities in the existing ‘Ayurvedic’ hospital which he visited yesterday.