Our Correspondent
Imphal, Dec. 30 (EMN): The foundation stone for the construction of the first-ever homeopathy medical college in Manipur was dedicated at Lamphelpat in Imphal in Manipur on Sat.
Manipur Health and Family Welfare Minister L Jayantakumar Singh; Dr A Guneshwor Sharma, director of AYUSH; former minister Dr Moirangthem Nara; Prof M Premjit Singh, vice chancellor of Central Agricultural University; Dr Y Lukhoi Singh, additional director of the State AYUSH Society of Manipur attended the function.
Speaking during the occasion Singh said that the government was ‘always ready to take up necessary actions to provide required infrastructure and manpower to improve the health sector of the state on priority basis.’
Mentioning ‘shortage of fund,’ the minister said that the Health department officials were ‘trying their best by submitting detailed project reports to the ministry of the government of India for incurring adequate funds. The Homeopathy Medical College will serve its purpose only when the fraternities of the department work together and with sincerity and dedication, he said. Highlighting the increasing importance of the AYUSH system of treatment and medication, he asserted that the agency had become ‘common to both the rich and the poor.’
In his presidential address, the director of AYUSH Dr Guneshwor Sharma said that agency was not only a ‘simple science but also a way of living as it plays a big role in the present way of treatment.’
