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'Strengthen ayush stream of medicine'
TNN | Jun 5, 2011, 12.32am IST
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Read more:national president Dr Madan Gopal Vajpayee|Ayush Medical Association
PATNA: Ayush Medical Association ( India) national president Dr Madan Gopal Vajpayee on Saturday lambasted the Union and state governments for neglecting ayush stream of medicine and failure to give due recognition to the ayush practitioners.

He said that under National Health Policy, there was a provision for one ayush doctor at every Primary Health Centre (PHC) and Additional Primary Health Centre (APHC), but this has not been implemented in the country. He further said that while 97 percent of the health budget was allocated to allopathy, ayush stream gets a meagre three percent allocation.

There are 7.50 lakh ayush practitioners countrywide and of them 60,000 are registered in Bihar, Dr Vajpayee said and asked the governments, both at the Centre and the state, to end discrimination against ayush doctors.