President Murmu hails NIMHANS for its integrated medicine services

TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEDITATION

- NT Correspondent

President Droupadi Murmu on Friday hailed NIMHANS for its integrated medicine services as she considered it a model for all.

According to her, the application of Yoga and Ayurveda in the promotion of mental health and well-being is worth emulating.

"The integrative medicine services of NIMHANS (National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences) has been a model for all to examine the applications of Yoga and Ayurveda in the promotion of mental health and well-being, and in that treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders," Murmu said during the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Institute here.

On the occasion, she inaugurated the Psychiatry Specialty Block, Central Laboratory Complex and Bhima Hostel at NIMHANS.

The President also dedicated state-of-the-art diagnostic facilities – the advanced 3T MRI Scanner and DSA System to the nation.

She said different kinds of meditations are also useful in countering negative mental forces, and added that they are being integrated into the mental health care models.

She underlined the importance of using traditional approaches that are beneficial for all.