Union Ayush Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will be laying the foundation stone of the permanent campus of the Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy and Integrated Ayush Wellness Centre at Azara, Guwahati on 12th January 2024.

A total amount of Rs. 53.89 crore has been sanctioned for this project. This Institute was established as a Clinical Research Unit of Homeopathy in 1984 in the rented building at Odalbakra, Guwahati. Presently it is situated at Bhetapara, Guwahati in the old building of Central Ayurveda Research Institute.

The Institute is catering the health needs of the surrounding population with ever-increasing OPD every year along with special OPDs like mother & Child OPD, and LSD clinic. Peripheral OPDs & awareness camps are also organized by the Institute from time to time.

The Institute is providing laboratory services at very nominal rates and successfully completed clinical trials on skin disorders, cholera/gastroenteritis, chronic sinusitis & bronchitis, influenza like illness, uterine fibroid, otitis media, Hypertension, vitiligo, psoriasis, migraine, etc.

Besides this the institute is actively involved in public health projects like Swasthya Rakshan program, SC Camps, and Homoeopathy for Healthy child. The Institute also collaborated with prestigious organizations like NIPER, Guwahati, All India institute for Ayurveda for Pharmacovigilance of ASU & H drugs & state homoeopathic medical college for research activities.

On January 8 and 9, the new buildings of the Central Research Institute (Homeopathy), Lucknow and the Regional Research Institute of Homeopathy, Siliguri were also inaugurated by Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Union Minister of State for Ayush and Women and Child Development.

Director General, Central Research Council of Homeopathy Dr. Subhash Kaushik informed that Central Research Institute (Homeopathy), Lucknow will be compliant with Ayushman Bharat Digital Health Mission (ABDHM) and this will benefit all the patients visiting the OPD. Patients will be registered and consulted through Ayush Hospital Management Information System (A-HMIS).

He also informed that Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy, Siliguri is working with excellent standards in patient care and has completed the formalities to achieve NABH Ayush Entry Level certification. The institute has a rich experience in treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases and shall work further to develop as a Centre of Excellence for such.

The Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy, Siliguri was established in 1984 and has already contributed significantly in clinical and public health research projects, especially in the Integrated NPCDCS-Ayush program.