NATIONAL CONFERENCE TO PROMOTE INDIGENOUS SYSTEM OF MEDICINE

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A National Conference to promote and popularise the Indigenous System of Medicine and Homeopathy within the ESI Scheme is being held at Vigyan Bhawan on November 24, 2002. The Labour Minister Dr. Sahib Singh will inaugurate the National Conference organised by the Employees State Insurance Corporation.

About 400 delegates from across the country have been invited to attend the one day conference. The delegates comprise physicians in alternative system of medicine as well as allopathic working for the ESI Scheme in the States.

The Employees State Insurance Corporation has so far established 124 dispensaries in 5 States including the union territory of Delhi in Indigenous System of Medicine. The total number of regular physicians in alternative system of medicine is 142. About 870 part-time Insurance Medical Practitioners are also providing integrated system of medical care that includes Ayurveda, Homeopathy and Allopathic to the beneficiaries of the Scheme. The Corporation has also set up a special Sub Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary Labour for promotion and development of ISM within the Scheme.

The multi-pronged conference on ISM is expected to give a wider exposure to the delegates of the conference about the virtues of our traditional systems of medication and thereby enhance its general acceptance and adoption within the ESI Scheme that in itself is a big player in the medical management of the country’s population. The Minister of State for Labour Shri Ashok Pradhan will address the Valedictory function of the Conference.