Ayurveda doctors want Kerala govt. to include ayurveda in state E-health programme

Even as the government of Kerala is busy preparing an E-Health Programme to bring all health related information of hospitals and patients into a centralized information system to ensure continuity in healthcare, the ayurvedic fraternity including the government doctors is intensifying their efforts to get their system included in the programme.

Presently E-Health programme of the government includes only projects on allopathic treatments. So, to explore avenues for getting a position for ayurveda in the IT oriented health projects, Kerala Government Ayurveda Medical Officers Association (KGAMOA) has urged the state government to revise all projects and include the traditional system of Kerala into the e-health program of the government.

Out of 150 Punchayaths, certain villages have the central government sponsored NRHM units, whereas in 37 Punchayaths neither NRHM unit nor state dispensary is functioning. Government should also envisage projects to start Taluk Hospitals for Ayurveda, unani, siddha, naturopathy and homoeopathy.

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