Health minister Nadda lays foundation for Keylong altitude research centre
Jagat Prakash Nadda, a Union minister, held a bhumi pujan on Monday at a site in Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.
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What happened
Union Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda laid the foundation stone on Monday for the Indian Council of Medical Research's Centre for High-Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research in Keylong, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. The centre will examine how high altitude affects health, how people adjust to it, maternal and newborn health, child growth and diet, and illness patterns among Himalayan residents. Its work will cover both armed forces personnel and civilian populations.
Why it matters
The centre is set to serve both the armed forces and civilians living at high altitudes. It aims to study health risks that come with living and working in the mountains.
Coverage
- India builds permanent high-altitude medical research hub at Keylong (healthcareasiamagazine.com)
- ICMR Establishes High-Altitude Medicine Research Centre in Himachal Pradesh (The Indian Practitioner)
- Keylong to emerge as hub for high-altitude medical research (The Tribune)
- JP Nadda lays stone for ICMR high-altitude health research centre in Keylong (Hindustan Times)
- Union minister Nadda lays stone for high-altitude research centre in Keylong (Times of India)
- ICMR sets up high-altitude research centre in Keylong to study health risks in Himalayas (Times of India)
- ICMR Launches High-Altitude Medicine Research Centre in Keylong (apacnewsnetwork.com)
- ICMR to open first high-altitude medical and public health research centre (biospectrumindia.com)
- JP Nadda to lay foundation stone for ICMR High-Altitude Medicine Research Centre in Himachal Pradesh (medicaldialogues.in)
- Nadda To Lay Stone Of ICMR's High Altitude Health Research Centre In Himachal's Keylong (NDTV)
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