KATHMANDU, Jan 2: The government has been operating the Nagarik Arogya Kendra (Citizen Wellness Center in 311 local units across the country.
Director General of the Department of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicine, Dr Basudev Upadhyay, said 311 such centers have been set up this year with the goal of establishing a citizen wellness center at each and every local level.
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According to him, such centers would be established at all local levels within this year. The Citizen Wellness Centers are being set up to minimize non-communicable diseases like cancer, high blood pressure, cardiac-related issues, diabetes, kidney and respiratory-related and mental diseases as well as obesity.
Dr Upadhyay said that the Ayurvedic Dispensaries at the local level will run the citizen wellness centers. He added that the District Ayurveda dispensaries will assign a focal person at the wellness centers.
The wellness centers will treat the above-mentioned non-communicable diseases and also train people to adopt a healthy lifestyle. Similarly, the centers will conduct public awareness programmes on adopting ayurvedic living style and healthy diet. Each center will form five citizen wellness groups at the local level.
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