The “Ayush Aapke Dwar” scheme will start from August 1 across the country. In this scheme of the Department of Ayush, the facility of Ayush treatment will be made available to the citizens in an accessible manner in major areas of the state. The department has started this scheme to ensure the reach of Ayush even in remote areas during the rainy season. The scheme will continue without break till 30 September 2023. In relation to the scheme, the Directorate of Ayush has issued guidelines to the Principal Ayush College, Divisional Ayush Officer and District Ayush Officer.

Treatment facility for diseases caused due to rain

Health services in rural areas get affected due to rain. In view of this situation, Ayush medicines will be distributed free of cost to the general public for the treatment of diseases caused due to rain. Along with this, the general public will be informed about the prevention of diseases occurring in this season and will be made aware of cleanliness. Such public awareness programmes will be organised in Panchayats, local schools and college premises apart from Haat-Bazar. For this work, the help of the staff posted in all the institutions of Ayush department, Ayush college, affiliated hospital, Ayush wing, Ayush dispensary, Ayush village and Ayush health and wellness centre is being taken. During this, instructions have also been given to the Ayush staff to register the health report of the person in the health survey form in the Ayush village and to prepare the data.

Institutes of Ayush Department

The staff of 7 Divisional Ayush Offices, 51 District Ayush Offices, 32 Ayush Hospitals, 1773 Government Ayush Dispensaries, 36 Ayush Wings, 75 Ayush Villages and 562 Ayush Health and Wellness Centres in the state will work to make this scheme a success. In Ayush Aapke Dwar Yojana, disease affected persons will be treated with 3 genre of Ayush which are Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Unani methods.

In the ongoing guidelines, the field staff has also been informed about the diseases occurring during the rainy season, their treatment and available medicines. It has also been asked to ensure that the report of the action taken during the implementation of the scheme is sent to the directorate regularly.