MoD | MoU with AYUSH to start Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment & 12 AFMS military hospitals

Two MoUs have been signed by Ministry of Defence (MoD) with Ministry of AYUSH (MoA), one for starting Ayurveda Centres at 37 Cantonment Hospitals and another for starting Ayurveda Centres at 12 Military Hospitals of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS). These MoUs were signed during the three-day mega event, Global Ayush Investment & Innovation Summit, organised at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat from April 20-22, 2022. Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the august gathering during the inaugural function, where Director General, World Health Organisation (WHO) was also present.

Signatories for these MoUs were Special Secretary, MoA Shri Pramod Kumar Pathak, DGAFMS Surg Vice Admiral Rajat Datta and Additional Director General Defence Estates Smt Sonam Yangdol.

This will make available well-established and time-tested therapies of Ayurveda to the residents of Cantonments, including families of Armed Forces personnel and civilians depending on these hospitals. These Ayurveda Centres will be functional across the country from May 01, 2022.

The list of 37 Cantonment hospitals is as follows:

	Agra
	Allahabad
	Bareilly
	Dehradun
	Mhow
	Pachmarhi
	Shahjahanpur
	Jabalpur
	Badamibagh
	Barrackpore
	Ahmedabad
	Dehuroad
	Khadki
	Secunderabad
	Dagshai
	Ferozepur
	Jalandhar
	Jammu
	Jutogh
	Kasauli
	Khasyol
	Subathu
	Jhansi
	Babina
	Roorkee
	Danapur
	Kamptee
	Ranikhet
	Lansdowne
	Ramgarh
	Mathura
	Belgaum
	Morar
	Wellington
	Amritsar
	Bakloh
	Dalhousie

The list of 12 military hospitals of AFMS is as follows: 

1. Army

S No	Military Hospital	Command
1.	Base Hospital Delhi Cantt	Western Command
2.	CH (WC) Chandimandir	Western Command
3.	CH (CC) Lucknow	Central Command
4.	CH (SC) Pune	Southern Command
5.	CH (EC) Kolkata	Eastern Command
6.	MH Jabalpur	Central Command
7.	MH Jaipur	Southern Western Command
8.	166 MH, Jammu	Northern Command
9.	151 BH, Guwahati	Eastern Command

1. Navy

          (a)      INHS Asvini, Mumbai

1. Air Force

          (a)      CH (AF) Bangalore

          (b)      11 Air Force Hospital, Hindon