Ayurveda Teaching Hospital – Borella
The importance of this institution rests also on another factor. It is the main Ayurvedic teaching hospital in the Island. Facilities are provided for the students of the Institute of Indigenous Medicine to receive their practical training at this hospital under the guidance of the members of the staff of the institute.
This Hospital has 271 beds. 247 beds in non paying wards and 24 beds in paying wards (12 for males and 12 for females). In addition to the regular cadre of Ayurveda physicians, the hospital employs specialists for the treatment of the following: snake bite, boils, fractures and dislocation, burns, mental diseases, and children diseases. It also has a maternity ward. The main attractions of the hospital as far as treatment is concerned, however is that is the only medical institution so far that provides full course of “Panchakarma” treatment and usually 2000 out patients are treated daily.
National Institute of Traditional Medicine
National Institute of Traditional Medicine was Established at Boralla Ayurveda Hospital, with the proposal of Project for Development of Traditional Medicine (1984) fund ed by UNDP/WHO. It was shifted to Navinna Ayurveda Complex in 1996. A new building for NITM was constructed by the Sri Lankan Government expending Rs 22 Million including 3 lecture halls, a Library and a hostel for accommodation. Ceremonially it was opened by Late Prime Minister Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranayake on 3 rd October 1996. National Institute of Traditional medicine is a Governmental Establishment, functioning as an Educational and Training Institute under the Department of Ayurveda. Its main objectives are the development of Traditional medicine and human resources for improvement of the health of the community through the systematic establishment of traditional health-care systems and to promote the health care through the development of human resources which need to upgrade the systems of Indigenous medicine in the National Health Conservation Structure. Especially this institute is conducting training programs for Traditional Physicians, Medical Officers, Other staffs and communities. There are 7 Divisions for training as follows: 1.Traditional Medicine Division, 2. Management Development Training Division, 3. Drugs Production Development Training Division, 4. Medicinal Plant Division, 5. Community Health care Division, 6.Nutrition & School programs Division, 7.Information & Statistics Division
Source:http://www.ayurveda.gov.lk
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