Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to set up an Ayurveda college at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district at a cost of Rs 85 crore.
Announcing this at an event in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said the state will also get eight more ‘Panchakarma’ centres this year.
A Panchakarma centre is a facility that provides Ayurvedic healthcare services, focusing on therapeutic cleansing methods.
“It has been decided to establish a new Ayurvedic college at Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj district this year with the joint efforts of both the state government and the Centre. An estimated Rs 85 crore will be spent for this purpose,” the CM said, while addressing a function celebrating the state-level National Ayurveda Day here.
At present, a Panchakarma unit is functioning under AYUSH in the Kendrapara district headquarters hospital, and two such units are being built in the Bargarh and Keonjhar headquarters hospitals.
To provide more healthcare facilities, eight more Panchakarma centres will be built in various districts, he said.
“Odisha has three government Ayurvedic colleges, four government homeopathic colleges, five government Ayurvedic and four government homeopathic hospitals, where new generation doctors are being trained and many patients from the state and outside are being treated,” Majhi said.
