When it was established

Health is defined as” a state of complete physical, mental, spiritual and social well being and not merely the absence of disease of infirmity” AYUSH is an acronym for Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy is a system of medicine that has been integrate into the Indian national healthcare delivery system to strengthen public health in rural India. This was done with the objective of offering treatment choice to people as well as a strategy to overcome the human resource shortage in the government health facilities.

The Health & FW Deptt, deals with medical and public health matters including drug control and prevention of food adulteration as well as Family Welfare programmes aimed at population stabililization consistent with the requirements of economic growth, social development and environmental protection. The main objective of this Dept is to provide adequate, qualitative, preventive care of the block not only through allopathic system of medicine but also through Indian system of medicine. It also ensure to provide affordable quality health care services to all, particularly to the under privileged groups and greater access to primary health care by bringing medical institutions as close to the people as possible particularly backward and tribal region.