Kathua: North India’s First Govt Homoeopathic College

Kathua, a district in Jammu and Kashmir, is set to become the home of North India’s first government homoeopathic college. The institution, which is being built with a central funding of Rs 80 crore, will offer a degree in homoeopathy, a system of alternative medicine that originated in Germany.

The project was announced by Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Dr Jitendra Singh, who visited the proposed site of the college in Jasrota village on March 10. He said that the work for the boundary wall has already started and the proposed structure will include a hospital complex, a college, an administrative block and one hostel each for male and female students.

Dr Singh, who is also the BJP candidate from Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency, said that the development of the region will continue uninterrupted till the date of imposition of model code of conduct and will resume immediately after the new government is formed. He expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for approving the project and said that it was a matter of pride for the people of Kathua.

He said that the homoeopathic college will not only be a boon for aspirants of homoeopathy degree in North India, which was not available earlier, but will also provide cost effective treatment to needy patients. He said that the Modi government’s healthcare approach involves synergizing allopathic with Ayush streams of medicine, including homoeopathy, ayurveda and naturopathy.

Dr Singh stated that the experience after Covid has further consolidated this view that traditional Indian methods of medicine and cure have a panacea value. He highlighted the medical infrastructure of Kathua built in the last ten years, which includes a government medical college and a cancer treatment facility being provided by Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.

He said that the addition of a government homoeopathic college will make Kathua an integrated and cost effective healthcare centre of North India in times to come. He also took a dig at his critics who deny any development having taken place in the constituency over the last 10 years and said that they are themselves availing the facilities developed in the last 10 years.

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