General Outpatient Department (GOPD) programme

The CCRUM undertakes GOPD Programme which also includes Geriatric OPD and RCH/ MCH OPD, NCD clinic, etc. It is aimed at promoting, protecting and preserving public health through Unani Medicine. Besides OPDs, Post-trial Treatment Access (PTA) is also conducted in order to provide treatment facility to the research patients after completing the trial. This programme continued at National Research Institute of Unani Medicine for Skin Disorders (NRIUMSD), Hyderabad; Central Research Institute of Unani Medicine (CRIUM), Lucknow; Regional Research Institutes of Unani Medicine (RRIUMs), Chennai, Bhadrak, Patna, Aligarh, Mumbai, Srinagar, Kolkata and New Delhi; Regional Research Centres, Allahabad and Silchar; Clinical Research Units (CRUs), Bengaluru, Bhopal, Burhanpur, Meerut, Kurnool and Edathala; Hakim Ajmal Khan Institute for Literary and Historical Research in Unani Medicine (HAKILHRUM), New Delhi; AYUSH Wellness Centre, President’s Estate, New Delhi; and All India Institute  of Ayurveda, New Delhi. About 5.0 lakh patients  have been benefitted from GOPDs, Geriatric  OPDs, RCH / MCH OPDs, NCD OPD and  Post-trial Treatment Access (PTA) OPD at different centres. These patients were also assessed for their temperament and various other factors responsible for occurrence of the disease, thus generating data for research feedback and Unani treatment was prescribed accordingly. These patients were treated with Unani pharmacopoeial formulations.