By 2020, 280 more beds will be added to the existing 20
A hospital at Sri Sri University campus in Cuttack will be upgraded to a 300-bed hospital by next year. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, recently laid the foundation stone for construction of a new building of the hospital.
The Sri Sri College of Ayurvedic Science and Research Hospital which currently has 20 beds will get 280 more by 2020, officials said. The varsity also has plans to launch an undergraduate programme — Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medical Sciences — with 100 seats. It also plans to establish an allopath and nursing college in the coming years, they said.
Speaking on the occasion, Patnaik said Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old traditional healing science, which has now become a new trend. He also announced that a new Ayush hospital will also come up in Dhenkanal district soon.
The chief minister said the state government has recognised Ayurveda, Unani and Homeopathy systems of medicine as viable complementing methods of healthcare since long.
Around 800 Ayurvedic clinics and five hospitals are functioning in the state, Patnaik added.