Construction of 50-bed Ayush hospitals will begin in seven districts during the financial year 2026-27, health minister Mangal Pandey said on Monday, outlining a major expansion of traditional medicine infrastructure in the state. The hospitals are planned for Begusarai, Darbhanga, Motihari, Gopalganj, Gaya, Madhubani and Siwan, aimed at improving access to Ayurveda and other Ayush services for patients outside the capital.
Pandey made the announcement while inaugurating a four-day workshop under the Public Health Programme here, where practitioners from Ayurveda, homeopathy and unani systems gathered for capacity-building sessions. “The purpose of training is not just formality, but to make participants more skilled, sensitive and result-oriented,” Pandey said, urging participants to learn continuously and share field experiences to strengthen service delivery and inform policy decisions.The workshop training covered clinical themes, including osteoarthritis and musculoskeletal disorder management, Supraja, Mobile Medical Unit operations, Vayomitra, Ayurvidya and filariasis. Experts led sessions to align practitioners with public health priorities and improve standardised care practices across different Ayush disciplines. Pandey said the state is accelerating Ayush promotion in line with PM Narendra Modi’s vision and under CM Nitish Kumar’s leadership.
He noted that 294 health and wellness centres are currently operational in Bihar, providing Ayush-based interventions for common health problems. He also called for the inclusion of registered non-govt organisations in such training initiatives to help extend innovations and treatment awareness to underserved communities. Referring to changing public attitudes, the minister said confidence in Ayurveda has grown after the Covid-19 pandemic, both in India and abroad. He added that the workshop’s learning will be taken further through additional phases over the next 15 days, followed by district and block-level training and camps to ensure benefits reach the grassroots. Health department secretary Lokesh Kumar Singh asked the participants to apply the training with honesty and rigour. The workshop saw 114 participants, with senior officials, including state programme officer Dr Dhananjay Sharma and state Ayush committee executive director Vaibhav Chaudhary, also present….
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