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Why Is India Building a Mountain Medicine Research Centre? 🏔️

India’s top health scientists are opening a new centre in the Himalayas to study health at high places.

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Key Points

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Health Minister Jagat Prakash Nadda will lay the foundation stone on 12 October.

The centre is named the Indian Council of Medical Research Centre for High‑Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research.

Researchers will study how extreme altitude and cold influence diseases and how to keep people healthy.

Digital health platforms, telemedicine, and drones will be used to bring care to remote areas.

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The centre will look at how thin air and cold weather affect sickness and how to treat them.

It will use video calls, drones, and digital tools to help people in far‑away villages.

The Health Minister will place the first stone on October 12, and a special ceremony will be held.

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9 words

high‑altitude

very high places like tall mountains where the air is thin

physiology

how the body works

acclimatisation

getting used to new conditions, like thin air

multidisciplinary

using many different kinds of science together

climate‑sensitive

things that change when the weather or climate changes

tribal

people who belong to a special group with its own traditions

translational

changing research ideas into real help for people

self‑reliance

being able to do things on your own without needing help from others

surveillance

watching and checking health information to find problems early

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