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New Delhi: The Union government has taken a
number of measures to promote Unani medicine in the country,
including upgrading of two state-level Government Unani Colleges to
the level of National Institutes at a cost of Rs. 50 crore each.
Minister of state for Health S
Gandhiselvan in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today said, the
Government Nizamia Tibbia College, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh and the
Government Ayurvedic and Unani College, Karol Bagh, Delhi have been
identified for upgradation.
Under the Centres of Excellence Scheme
of the Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha
and Homeopathy (AYUSH), financial assistance will be granted to the
Naimat Science Academy, Chennai for upgrading it into Centre of
Excellence for Unani Regimental Therapy at a cost of Rs 250 lakh, he
said.
Sahara Foundation, Hyderabad would be
upgraded and Dr Ahmed Ashraf Memorial Unani Speciality Treatment
Centre for Paralysis (Falij) would be established at a cost of Rs
250.56 lakh, while the Ibn-e-sina Academy, Aligarh would be upgraded
at a cost of Rs 100 lakh.
To promote the formal study of Unani
system of medicine, the Central Government has set up the National
Institute of Unani Medicine at Bangalore in the year 1984 and it has
a strength of 74 Post graduate students. In addition to the five PG
courses currently being offered, it plans to commence eight new PG
Degree courses in two phases. NIUM also plans to commence PG Diploma
Courses in Unani Medicine in Regimental Therapy, Pharmacy and Skin
Disorders.
Collaborative clinical studies on
major diseases with other scientific organisations and industries
are also being undertaken. The Central Council of Research in Unani
Medicine (CCRUM) is being developed as a Nodal Centre for Continuing
Medical Education (CME) and Reorientation of Training Programme (ROTP)
for teaching faculty in Unani medicine and private practitioners in
Unani medicine.
Unani drugs developed by the CCRUM are being
introduced in NRHM programme. New centres in the states and union
territory where Unani infrastructure is presently not available are
being set up.
CCRUM is also being developed as a
Nodal centre for Research Registry in Unani System of Medicine.
The government is also organising
health Camps on large-scale particularly in Western Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar and Andhra Pradesh under Public Health Intervention. Standards
of 150 single/compound drugs have been finalised. Extra Mural
Research Projects (EMR) are being taken up.
Various Unani institutes and NGOs are
being supported under different schemes of the department like
Public Health Initiatives, Acquisition, Cataloging, Digitisation and
Publication of text books, he added.
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