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India to establish high-altitude medicine centre in Keylong
India’s health minister, J P Nadda, is due to lay the foundation stone for a new research centre in Keylong, Himachal Pradesh.
The Indian Council of Medical Research is establishing the centre in Lahaul and Spiti district.
It is intended to study health challenges linked to high altitude, severe weather, remote terrain and climate change.
Research will cover areas including mountain medicine, infectious diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition and disaster medicine.
The centre will also explore telemedicine, digital health tools and drones to help deliver care in hard-to-reach places.
It is planned as India’s first dedicated centre for high-altitude medicine and public-health research, with studies involving high-altitude and tribal populations.
The project is expected to support better healthcare planning and disaster preparedness, with partners including the armed forces’ medical services, research institutions and the Himachal Pradesh government.
India is establishing a dedicated centre for high-altitude medicine and public-health research in Keylong, Himachal Pradesh.
Union Health Minister J P Nadda is scheduled to lay the foundation stone on Monday.
The Indian Council of Medical Research will establish the centre in Lahaul and Spiti district.
The facility will study health challenges linked to high altitude, extreme weather, difficult terrain, isolation and climate variability.
Its work will include research into mountain medicine, infectious and non-communicable diseases, maternal and child health, and disaster medicine.
- Who
- The Indian Council of Medical Research is establishing the centre; Union Health Minister J P Nadda is scheduled to lay its foundation stone.
- What
- A centre for high-altitude medicine and public-health research.
- When
- Monday, October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Keylong, in Himachal Pradesh’s Lahaul and Spiti district.
- Why
- To strengthen biomedical research and healthcare preparedness in the Himalayan region.
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- Centre
- ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research
- Location
- Keylong, Lahaul and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh
- Foundation stone
- Scheduled to be laid by J P Nadda on October 12, 2026
- Research scope
- High-altitude medicine and public-health challenges in the Himalayan region
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