Project to promote indigenous medicine among youth

Kebithigollewa: The Ayurveda Community Health Project of the Indigenous Medicine Ministry will be linked with the National Youth Services Council's youth programme to instil a sense of indigenous attitudes and feelings among youth.

Indigenous Medicine Minister and Religious Affairs Deputy Minister Tissa Karaliyadda disclosed this when he participated in a Shramadana campaign to rehabilitate the Pahala Usgollewa road in the Kebithigollewa Divisional Secretariat Division recently.

Minister Karaliyadda said the Ayurveda Community Health Service was now operating throughout the Anuradhapura district.

Under this programme 10 community health promotion officers and a physician were being deployed in each divisional secretariat division.

Their services would be readily available during youth camps to obtain clinical services, food supply and other refreshments.

These officers were also engaged in promoting indigenous medicine by conducting lectures and seminars on Ayurvedic drugs and plants. Chairperson Kebithigollewa Pradeshiya Sabha Kalyani Karaliyadda was also present.