Ayush Kendra opened at Northern Railway hospital

New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) Railway Minister Suresh Prabhutoday inaugurated an Ayush Kendra on the premises of NorthernRailway Central Hospital here aimed at promoting healthcarefor rail employees using the traditional system of medicine. Traditional indigenous medicines have always been veryeffective in treating all types of ailments in the past,Prabhu said after the inauguration. The kendra comprises dispensaries of the five designatedsystems of medicines of Ayush — Ayurved, Yoga andNaturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy. These forms of alternative medicines, alone or inconjuncture with the modern ones, will be highly efficientin treatment of diseases, he said. The Northern Railway Central Hospital, a tertiary carehospital, provides comprehensive healthcare to about 1.6 lakhrailway employees and their families besides the retiredemployees and their dependents. It provides curative, preventive and rehabilitative healthservices besides undertaking initiatives for promoting goodhealth. It also provides occupational health services, includingpre-employment and in-service periodical medical examinations,examination under Workmen’s Compensation Act, monitoring ofsafety environment of workshops and medical relief duringtrain accidents. The hospital also caters to emergency medical assistanceto rail passengers who take ill during their journey besidesproviding other complementary health services. Enforcement of Prevention of Food Adulteration Actwithin railway premises and monitoring of quality of drinkingwater at stations and railway colonies are also part of theresponsibility of the hospital. PTI ARU KISKIS