The Minister of State for Ayush (Independent Charge) and Health and Family Welfare, Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the Dr D P Rastogi Central Research Institute for Homeopathy in Noida today. The institute has been set up for overall promotion and development of Homoeopathic System of Medicine and carrying out advanced research on scientific lines in homoeopathy.

Speaking on the occasion, Shripad Naik said that the alternative systems of medicine like homoeopathy have now come into focus and the government is making all efforts to provide high quality Ayush facilities available to the people. Dr D P Rastogi Central Research Institute for Homeopathy has facilities of a high order including facilities for all types of investigations, X-ray, ultrasound, blood tests, ophthalmology, ENT, physiotherapy, etc, the Minister lauded. It is commendable that the Institute has a 50 bedded IPD and caters to need to nearly 600 OPD patients per day, he said.

The Ayush Ministry has tried to take forward the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan by initiating a Swasthya Raksha Programme to protect and promote health for preventing, identifying and treating the diseases related to poor hygiene and sanitation, the Minister disclosed. The programme is being implemented by the eleven institutes of the Central Council of Research in Homeopathy. The D P Rastogi Central Research Institute at Noida has also adopted 5 villages and thousands of people have already benefited under the programme.

The Minister for Ayush explained that the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy has designed a programme ‘Homoeopathy for Healthy Child’ with the aim to sensitize health workers, patients and care givers to deal with conditions such as diarrhea, respiratory infections, dental conditions, skin conditions etc through Homeopathy.  The programme is being implemented in 10 districts including two blocks of Gautam Budha Nagar.

To promote Dr D P Rastogi Central Research Institute for Homeopathy as one of the premier research institutions of Homeopathy, two state of the art laboratories are being established for undertaking basic research in Homeopathy. With this, the Institute will become an asset for the entire Northern Region of the country in providing health care services to the people and advanced research, the Minister added.

The President, Central Council of Homeopathy, Dr Ramjee Singh said that the credit goes to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi for setting up a separate Ministry of Ayush due to which alternative system of medicines including homeopathy have now found a new place in the world of medicine. Dr Rastogi was an outstanding name in the field of homeopathy and its a matter of proud that the Institute is named after him, he said.

DG, Central Council of Research in Homeopathy Dr R K Manchanda said that the state of art laboratories to be set up will take the homoeopathy system of treatment in India to new heights.

Speaking on the occasion, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Ayush A K Ganeriwala said that the popularity of homoeopathy system of medicine is increasing very rapidly. There are 190 medical colleges of homoeopathy and thousands of students are passing out every year from these colleges. At present, there are 2.5 lakh registered practitioners of homoeopathy in the country, Ganeriwala added.