State-level Ayush Utsav on 22-23 at Nehru Maidan: UT Khader

November 17, 2014

Mangaluru, Nov 16: A state-level convention of Ayush practitioners – Ayush Utsav 2014' will be held on Nov 22 and 23 at Nehru Maidan in the city, said Minister for Health and Family Welfare UT Khader.

Announcing this at a press conference here on Sunday, he said that this would be the first time that the practitioners of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy would be brought together under one platform.

The themes that will be discussed at the convention are Role of Ayush practitioners in rural health care', Rural health challenges in India', Approach to a patient in general practice' and Problems faced by Ayush practitioners in rural practice.' The intention of such a convention is to increase the job skills of Ayush practitioners and enrich their knowledge, he said.

President of Karnataka Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners' Board Satyamurthy Bhat said that there were 38,000 registered Ayurvedic, 12,000 Homeopathic and 1,05,000 Alopathic practitioners in the state, but only 40 percent of them were currently serving in the state. Among them, about 90 percent of practitioners are based in urban areas, leaving a huge scarcity of Ayush practitioners in villages and rural areas. In this regard, there is a need for redistribution of Ayush practitioners at district and taluk levels in the state, he said.

The convention will be organised by Karnataka Ayurveda and Unani Practitioners' Board, along with the Department of Ayush, Karnataka Homeopathy Board, National Integrated Medical Association, Bangalore, Ayush Federation of India, Karnataka, Karnataka Government Ayurvedic Medical Officers' Association and others.

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