The Centre has approved proposals for setting up of 100 Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) hospitals across the country, Minister of state for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik has said. An AYUSH hospital equivalent to AIIMS would be opened within a month at New Delhi he said.
The ministry has approved setting up of two 50-bedded integrated AYUSH hospitals at Theni and Tiruvannamalai districts in Tamil Nadu, A total of ₹283.6 lakh has been released out of sanctioned amount of ₹563 crore for the conservation and development for medicinal plants across Tamil Nadu, he added.