Bring Ayurveda treatments under Ayushman: Goa CM Pramod Sawant to government

Times of India | 3 weeks ago | 13-11-2022 | 01:18 pm

Bring Ayurveda treatments under Ayushman: Goa CM Pramod Sawant to government

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday urged the Union government to cover 100% Ayurveda treatments under medical insurance so that Ayurveda reaches each and every household in the country. Currently, only a few Ayurveda procedures are covered by a few private medical insurance companies and in case all procedures are covered like other treatments, it will help the people, he said at the Ayurved Parva function at Nagpur. The chief minister said that the Union Ayush minister can take up this issue and cover all Ayurveda procedures under the Union government's Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. He said that there is a need to have some criteria to identify which procedures can be covered under medical insurance and which doctors are entitled for the same. "Being an Ayurveda doctor, it is my request to Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal to take up the issue of insurance claims with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India as it will help take Ayurveda to each and every household," Sawant said. He said that Goa is promoting wellness tourism and Ayurveda plays an important role in promoting wellness tourism. Sawant said that Ayurveda has been seeing 'achhe din' since PM Narendra Modi came to office. He also said that Ayurveda got recognised across the world and an Ayurveda practitioner can now practice anywhere in the world. The chief minister said that Ayurveda doctors in Goa are doing research to avoid dialysis for kidney patients. He also invited Ayurveda doctors to Goa to attend the Ayurveda congress. Sawant also said that Goa will have one of the biggest Ayush hospitals in India.

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