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New Delhi : An MoU was signed between All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) and Delhi Police on August 18, 2020, for extending the Ayurveda Preventive and Promotive health services to the residential colonies of Delhi Police. These services are to be provided through a mobile unit named ‘Dhanwantari Rath’ and Police Wellness Centres to be catered by AIIA, supported by Ministry of AYUSH.
A signed MOU was exchanged between Commissioner of Delhi Police S N Shrivastava and Pramod Kumar Pathak, Additional Secretary, Ministry of AYUSH. The Dhanvantri Rath was flagged off in the presence of Prof. Tanuja Nesari, Director, AIIA.
AYURAKSHA a joint venture of AIIA, an autonomous Institute under Ministry of AYUSH, and Delhi Police aims at maintaining the health of frontline COVID warriors like Delhi police personal through Ayurveda immunity boosting measures. In continuation of the project, Ayurveda Preventive and Promotive health care are now planned to be extended to the families of Delhi Police personnel.
On this occasion, Pathak said that the joint venture of AIIA and Delhi Police is biggest ever first of its kind. He appreciated the efforts of Delhi Police as frontline warriors. After distributing AYURAKSHA kits to nearly 80,000 police personnel for over a period of 2 months, the incidence and mortality of COVID 19 was significantly brought down in Delhi Police personnel. The services are now being extended to Delhi Police Families also, according to a PIB release. Dhanwantari Rath would be manned by a team of Doctors who would be visiting Delhi Police colonies regularly.
Prof. Tanuja Nesari highlighted that the time tested and scientifically proven prophylactic Ayurveda medicine helped in reducing the incidence of COVID 19 significantly in Delhi Police Personnel. She said that the Ayurveda emphasises equal importance to Prevention & Promotional health care services along with as curative health care.