Assam's island district Majuli is all set to get an Ayurvedic hospital as Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday laid the foundation stone for a 50-bedded hospital in Sriram Chapori of Majuli. To be set up under the National AYUSH Mission, the proposed Ayurvedic hospital would be completed within a period of 18 months, the Chief Minister said, adding that it would be built at an expenditure of Rs 10.5 crore.

"Various initiatives have been undertaken by the state government to improve health services in Majuli. To this end, the Majuli Sub-Divisional Civil Hospital will be upgraded to a district hospital at a cost of Rs 21 crore and a blood bank would also be set up with an expenditure of Rs. 5 crore," the Chief Minister said. Sonowal said the state government was planning to make Majuli a hub of traditional medical practices, apart from the initiatives to make this seat of Satriya culture as India's first carbon-neutral district.