Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, AYUSH min open 8 hospitals, 500 wellness centres

LUCKNOW: Announcing a slew of initiatives to push healthcare facilities in UP, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union minister of AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday inaugurated eight 50-bed integrated AYUSH hospitals, among other facilities.
The new hospitals, built with capital outlay of Rs 72 crore, are located in Deoria, Kaushambi, Sonbhadra, Lucknow, Kanpur, Sant Kabir Nagar, Kanpur Dehat, and Lalitpur.
The CM and the Union minister also laid the foundation stone for a new AYUSH Educational Institute for Ayurveda in Ayodhya with the capital outlay Rs 49.83 crore. Besides, 500 AYUSH health and wellness centres were inaugurated in different parts of the state.
The central government has released Rs 553.36 crore for various activities in UP under National AYUSH Mission.
Pradesh is progressing in every area. The steps taken by the AYUSH ministry will tremendously help common people and saints of Ayodhya. We will continue to work towards building Ayodhya as the spiritual and cultural hub of the world,” said the CM.
Speaking about the role of AYUSH in building a robust healthcare delivery system in UP, Union AYUSH minister Sarbananda Sonowal said, “We have been able to usher in a holistic development in the country. Wth the construction of 50-bed AYUSH hospitals, people will get proper benefits of AYUSH systems of medicine.”
The foundation stones for six new 50-bed hospitals in Unnao, Shrawasti, Hardoi, Gorakhpur, Sambhal and Mirzapur worth Rs 78 crore was also laid on the occasion.