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MDMK seeks white paper on COVID-19 expenses

Updated: Share Article AAA MDMK’s State Youth Wing secretary V. Eswaran on Friday demanded the State government to publish a white paper on COVID-19 expenses, following a Right to Information (RTI) Act reply that said that the government had spent over ₹ 142 crore on procuring ventilators in four months. The reply from the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) said that it placed orders for 2,205 ventilators worth ₹ 142,73,56,099.62 from February 1,2020 to May 21, 2020 to various government institutions in the State. Each ventilator was bought for ₹ 6.47 lakh, Mr. Eswaran said. He said that he filed the RTI application on June 2, 2020, while the reply was dated December 16, 2020.

₹3 5-crore Cath Lab set up at Pudukottai Govt Medical College Hospital

Updated: Share Article AAA Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar inspects the Cath Lab at Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital on Thursday.   | Photo Credit: Hand out Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar on Thursday inaugurated a sophisticated Cath Lab set up at a cost of ₹3.5 crore at the Pudukottai Government Medical College Hospital. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the facility, Mr. Vijayabaskar said Cath Labs had been established in 18 Government Medical College Hospitals in the State this year through the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation. He said angioplasty procedure had been done on a little over 9,000 persons free of cost at the government hospitals so far this year. A network has been created for providing treatment to those with heart-related problems and infrastructure created in the 18 government medical college hospitals in this regard by providing sophisticated equipment.

Vaccination dry run to be held at 17 places

Vaccination dry run to be held at 17 places Updated: Updated: The sites are in Chennai, the Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, Poonamallee and Coimbatore Share Article AAA Raising awareness: A model of a mask on display at the Govt. Multi Super-Speciality Hospital, Omandurar Estate.   The sites are in Chennai, the Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, Poonamallee and Coimbatore Tamil Nadu will conduct a dry run for the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out at 17 health facilities in Chennai, the Nilgiris, Tirunelveli, Poonamallee and Coimbatore on Saturday. Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar told reporters on Friday that vaccination was not an easy task and it required protective measures and precise planning. “We need to follow the guidelines issued by the Centre and the World Health Organization. This is a new virus [the novel coronavirus]. So, we need to carry out the administration of a new vaccine carefully. So, a trial run is required for proper planning,” he said.

Menstrual hygiene programme extended to urban areas

Menstrual hygiene programme extended to urban areas Updated: Updated: December 18, 2020 02:45 IST Sanitary napkins will be procured for adolescent girls in the age group of 10 to 19 years in urban areas at a cost of ₹34.74 crore Share Article AAA State government s menstrual hygiene programme that covered rural areas till now has been extended to benefit girls in urban areas.   | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Sanitary napkins will be procured for adolescent girls in the age group of 10 to 19 years in urban areas at a cost of ₹34.74 crore The Menstrual Hygiene Programme was being implemented in the State for adolescent girls in rural areas. It was then extended to cover postnatal mothers in government hospitals, women prisoners and female in-patients of Institute of Mental Health, Chennai.

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