Ayush health tourism holds immense employment opportunities, says CM Yogi

After inaugurating the OPD services in the first Ayush University of the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the Ayush therapies have the potential to make the country the hub of health tourism and create multiple employment opportunities due to the therapeutic potential of herbal drugs, read here for knowing the details.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the OPD services at the first Ayush University of the state on Wednesday. While talking about the potential of Ayush (Ayurveda, yoga and naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) therapy, he said that the therapeutic potential of herbal drugs has the capability to generate employment opportunities and to make the country the hub of health tourism.

These potentials must be explored, he said, as reported by Hindustan Times.

Enumerating the benefits of the first Ayush University in Gorakhpur, he said it would generate employment for each village through farming, collection and medicinal use of herbal plants.

CM Yogi dedicated the Mahaguru Gorakhnath Ayush University to Lord Shiva, the Chief Minister said Lord Shiva had taken poison for the welfare of humans and expressed hope that pass-outs of this university would also serve mankind.

Addressing BMS and para-medical course students at Guru Gorakhnath Institute of Medical Sciences on Wednesday evening, he stressed the need to adopt naturopathy and yoga along with herbal medicine.

He also talked about the ‘one district one medical college scheme’ and said that each district of eastern Uttar Pradesh has a medical college which was the result of electing a good government.

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