Raipur. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai is continuously working for the all-round development of Chhattisgarh. Expansion of health facilities in the state is one of the top priorities of the Chief Minister. In the first digital budget of Chhattisgarh state, there was a big glimpse of strengthening of the health systems of the state, which is taking the form of reality. Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal is continuously making efforts at the central level for new experiments in the field of health and opening national level institutions.
In this sequence, on October 29, the super specialty hospital SIMS, built at a cost of Rs 200 crore, is going to be inaugurated in Bilaspur of the state. The country’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate this hospital through virtual medium. Chief Minister Vishnudev Sai will also be present in this program. This hospital will be started in three phases. In the first phase, OPD, in the second phase, wards and ICCU, dialysis unit and lab, in the third phase, Cath Lab, OT, Heart and Lumb machines will start and in the fourth phase, the hospital will start fully functioning. With the opening of this super specialty hospital in Bilaspur, patients of Surguja and Bilaspur divisions will not need to come to Raipur and they will get better treatment facilities nearby.
Similarly, on October 29 itself, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the 100-bed Central Yoga and Naturopathy Research Institute (CRIYN) in Raipur through virtual medium. Giving information about this, Health Minister Shyam Bihari Jaiswal has said that the construction of this institute will be completed in 24 months at a cost of Rs 90 crore. The state government has made 10 acres of land available to the AYUSH department for this institute. This will be the first Yoga and Naturopathy Research Center and Hospital of Chhattisgarh which will provide treatment facilities for non-communicable diseases. Training certification courses in wellness therapy and fellowship courses in research will also be conducted at the centre. The launch of this institute will lead to development of new knowledge and insights about the effects of Yoga and Naturopathy.