The Ministry of Health of India has commenced civil works for setting up North India’s first Central Research Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy (CRIYN) and a 100-bedded Yoga and Naturopathy Hospital in Dibrugarh, Assam, with an investment of approximately INR 1,000 crore. CRIYN will be developed as India’s Centre of Excellence in Yoga and Naturopathy for Cardiovascular Diseases (CVDs) and develop management protocols for Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).
The facility will be developed on a land plot of around 15 acres (45 bighas) with an investment of around Rs 100 crore with an aim to bring about scientifically valid and useful synergy between traditional knowledge of yoga and naturopathy and modern technological tools. According to the Ministry of Health of India, it will establish benchmark standards for education, preventive healthcare and research in the field of yoga and naturopathy. Apart from acting as an international collaboration centre for global promotion and research of yoga and naturopathy, the state-of-the-art institute will focus on fundamental aspects of traditional medical systems and practices, scientific validation through evidence-based research. The institute will also act as an incubation centre for start-ups in the yoga and wellness sector.
Union Minister of Ayurveda, Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma performed the foundation stone laying ceremony for CRIYN and the hospital at Dihing Kamtighat, Dibrugarh.
Sonowal said at the gathering that the facility will also provide a clinical training facility to train yoga and naturopathic experts for capacity building programmes in the areas of cardiac rehabilitation, diabetic rehabilitation, autoimmune diseases and NCD risk reduction. Through research and development of yoga and naturopathic protocols, CRIYN will develop evidence-based protocols for NCD management that can be integrated with conventional treatments, enhancing integrative medicine approach in patient care. The hospital will provide inpatient services with yoga and naturopathic protocols for better healing and quality of life.
Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said, “Establishment of institutions like AIIMS and medical colleges in every district of Assam, setting up of new Ayush hospitals across Assam has strengthened the Ayush healthcare system and many other progressive steps have strengthened the healthcare infrastructure in the state. Naturopathy and Yoga are the two most important branches of Ayush which not only cures ailments but also rejuvenates the mind and body to face any challenge and lead a healthy life. With the opening of this hospital and research centre on Yoga and Naturopathy, the people of Assam as well as adjoining regions will immensely benefit from its many benefits.”
The hospital offers inpatient, outpatient and day care services. The services offered by the institute are Naturopathy Food & Nutrition, Yoga Therapy, Massage & Manual Therapy, Shiatsu, Acupuncture, Chromotherapy, Magnetic Therapy, Physiotherapy and Hydrotherapy. They help in effectively managing Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, CVD, Stroke, Asthma, COPD, Migraine, IBS, IBD, Arthritis, Autoimmune Diseases, Cancer and Neurodegenerative Diseases.
