Sarbananda Sonowal launches Bal Raksha Mobile App and inaugurates Vaccination Centre for Children at All Institute of Ayurveda
Union Minister
of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal launched
the Bal Raksha mobile app, which is aimed at creating awareness of paediatric
preventive healthcare through Ayurveda intervention amongst parents at
the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) today. The app will also collect
feedback from parents regarding the impact of the kit on their children's health
and immunity. He also inaugurated Vaccination
Centre for children
Shri Sonowal paid his tribute to Late Dr Sanjay
Gupta, who served as HOD at Shalya Tantra Department of AIIA, before he lost
his life due to Covid in 2020. The Minister also addressed students at the
Institute and motivated them by sharing insights on how Ayurveda has now gained
global acceptance and what it means for students pursuing Ayurveda studies.
Director, AIIA Dr Tanuja Manoj Nesari, along
with faculty members welcomed the Sonowal on his arrival. Jai Devi Kaushal, MLA
from Malihabad, UP, was also present at the occasion. She brought with her some
saplings for a plantation drive at the Institute. Sonowal, along with Kaushal
and Dr Nesari, planted the saplings in the garden and took a tour of the
Institute.
The All India Institute of Ayurveda, an
autonomous organisation under Ministry of Ayush, aims at bringing synergy
between the traditional wisdom of Ayurveda and modern tools and technology. The
Institute has 12 specialty departments, 30 OPD units with state-of-the-art
inter-disciplinary research laboratories and an international collaborative
centre for global promotion and research in Ayurveda. Ayurveda is the oldest
system of medicine and health science dating back to more than 3,000 years.
During Covid times, AIIA played a major role by treating patients at the Covid
Healthcare Centre in sync with its mission of ‘care with compassion’.