Ministry of Defence signs MOUs with Ministry of AYUSH

New Delhi. 20 April 2022. 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 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:

1	Agra
2	Allahabad
3	Bareilly
4	Dehradun
5	Mhow
6	Pachmarhi
7	Shahjahanpur
8	Jabalpur
9	Badamibagh
10	Barrackpore
11	Ahmedabad
12	Dehuroad
13	Khadki
14	Secunderabad
15	Dagshai
16	Ferozepur
17	Jalandhar
18	Jammu
19	Jutogh
20	Kasauli
21	Khasyol
22	Subathu
23	Jhansi
24	Babina
25	Roorkee
26	Danapur
27	Kamptee
28	Ranikhet
29	Lansdowne
30	Ramgarh
31	Mathura
32	Belgaum
33	Morar
34	Wellington
35	Amritsar
36	Bakloh
37	Dalhousie

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

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