The health policy is stressing upon the formation of a separate university for streams other than modern medicine.
Since Ayush is already a full-fledged department, the state government proposes to set up an Ayush university by bifurcating the Kerala University of Health Sciences (KUHS), which can continue to be the University for Modern Medicine.
At present KUHS has medical institutions belonging to the all systems of medicine under its control.
According to the health policy, the centre for integrated medicine will be established in one of the universities for the academic interaction between various systems of medicine.
The Union government provides a lot of funds through the Ayush department. Once a separate university is set up, more funds can be availed from the Centre as well the state Ayush department for varied activities including research and infrastructure development.
The policy states that existing government ayurveda dispensaries will be renamed and revitalized as ayurvedic primary health centres. All ayurvedic district hospitals will be strengthened and at least one ayurvedic hospital will be established in every taluk.