Overview
- During a two-day visit to Patanjali Yogpeeth, Amit Shah inspected the hospital, called it a hybrid facility, and held discussions with Swami Ramdev and Acharya Balkrishna on promoting traditional systems.
- The hospital lists 24×7 emergency and trauma care, a high-end ICU with ventilator support and critical-care ambulances, and capacities for heart, brain and spine surgeries.
- Cardiology services include a cath lab with coronary angiography, angioplasty and stent implantation, as well as pacemaker and ICD procedures, alongside dialysis and round-the-clock MRI, X-ray and ultrasound.
- Patanjali leaders say Ayurveda and yoga will be the primary therapies with allopathy used as optional support, and they emphasize conservative care with surgeries only when necessary.
- The organization cites EMR data for 1.38 crore people and claimed research tie-ups with around 10 AIIMS institutes and roughly 25 international centers, while Balkrishna said they have treated 38 lakh people and pledged low-cost, round-the-clock services.