PM Calls for Integrating Yoga, Indian Medicine in Health Care


BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for integrating Yoga and traditional Indian medicine more closely into the health care system and make wellness a part of life for all in India and rest of the world.

Inaugurating an "International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications" at Jigani, about 30 km from Bengaluru, he asked health professionals, policy makers, government organizations and industry to bridge the distance between the various forms of medicine systems.

"I hope that you will integrate yoga and traditional Indian medicine more closely into our health care system...," Modi told the gathering at the Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana Samsthana, a deemed university.

"My vision for health care is an integrated system that understands and builds on the best and most effective of different traditions," the Prime Minister said.

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Source: PTI