The AIIMS Bhubaneswar and the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy (CCRH) have entered into an MoU to integrate homoeopathy into the existing healthcare system and provide a productive synergy for cooperation in research and education.
The MoU also aims to reduce the overuse of modern medicines in these tertiary healthcare centres.
The two institutes have initiated working together to set up a Department of Integrative Medicine here at AIIMS. The MoU will provide the scope to explore and establish the scientific evidence of homoeopathy, said AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas.
CCRH Director General Dr Subhash Kaushik said homoeopathy has a wide potential as an integrative system to current healthcare in the realm of public health platforms owing to its scientific evidence.
The wider popularity and the cost-effectiveness of homoeopathy makes it a sustainable system for integration in the modern healthcare system, stressed experts.
During the Covid pandemic, homoeopathy proved a precedent of adjunctive care to standard therapy. Integrative homoeopathic care has provided varied successful integration and outcomes for Covid-19, dengue, acute encephalitis syndrome, post-Covid illness, cancer care, acute otitis media, mental diseases in research centers and tertiary healthcare setups, informed Dr Kaushik.