Haryana Government has chalked out a new AYUSH policy, under which AYUSH dispensary and hospitals up to 20 beds would be opened in rural and urban areas of the State, Health Minister Anil Vij said on Tuesday.
At present, there are a total of 506 AYUSH facilities in the State which needs to be further improved, Vij said.
The Minister said the new policy would help in incorporating various types of Ayush modes in the mainstream and also, to provide proper infrastructure, help reinventing manpower and to promote Indian medicine system in the State.
Under this, approval for opening of AYUSH dispensary in a rural area having a population of 5000 in a radius of 6 km would be provided, which would be opened at the places adjacent to villages. 4500 square feet land would be required for opening of dispensary at block level in rural area whereas 2250 square feet in urban areas.
Vij said an OPD room, a distribution room, a store, a therapy room, a registration room and three toilets would be constructed in the rural dispensary to be constructed at the village and block level.
Under the policy, two OPD rooms, a distribution room, a store, a therapy room, a registration room and four toilets would be constructed in dispensary to be constructed in urban areas.