Union minister opens boys’ hostel at homeo college
The Statesman | 18 July 2025
Union minister of state (independent charge), ayush and health and family welfare Prataprao Jadhav today inaugurated the boys’ hostel for the undergraduate students at the National Institute of Homeopathy (NIH), Salt Lake.
The central minister of state for education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar was also present at the event.
The MoHFW minister noted that NIH signifies quality education, student training and growth of homeopathy medicinal science. The OPD and IPD (indoor patient department) cater to patients from across the country. More than 3,000 patients visit the campus every day for treatment. He promised on the occasion of its golden jubilee (10 December) this year, a Centre of Excellence status will be conferred after assessment. He stated that the Government is upgrading NIH’s infrastructure in a time-bound manner to provide better healthcare facilities to the people. The AYUSH ministry is promising overall development of NIH.