Health Minister Ma. Subramanian on Monday criticised Leader of Opposition and AIADMK common secretary Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami for questioning whether or not the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) even existed.

Responding to Mr. Palaniswami’s assertion that there was scarcity of medicines in authorities hospitals, the Minister stated that TNMSC’s warehouses at the moment had medicines price ₹170.82 crore. Mr. Subramanian listed out examples of medicine in inventory with TNMSC for a interval starting from two to seven months – this included a inventory of 24.10 crore paracetamol tablets (500 mg) and a couple of.21 crore paracetamol tablets (650 mg) for fever administration and antibiotics similar to 200 mg metronidazole tablets (1.66 crore) and a couple of.24 crore doxycycline capsules (100 mg).

He stated that new TNMSC warehouses had been introduced for 5 districts that didn’t have one – Tenkasi, Mayiladuthurai, Tirupattur, Kallakurichi and Chengalpattu – at a price of ₹30 crore within the price range. The amenities had been established and could be introduced to make use of quickly.

The AIADMK chief on Sunday had flagged considerations of the unfold of dengue, malaria and chikungunya within the State. Responding to this, the Health Minister stated that Mr. Palaniswami was creating panic among the many folks. When he was the Chief Minister, there have been 8,527 circumstances of dengue in 2019. Similarly, there have been 2,088 circumstances of malaria and 681 circumstances of chikungunya in 2019. This yr (until July 30), the State recorded 164 circumstances of malaria and 45 circumstances of chikungunya, Mr. Subramanian stated.

He stated that circumstances of dengue, malaria and chikungunya had decreased and had been underneath management. He stated that in the course of the AIADMK regime, the Health Department didn’t introduce any new scheme, whereas the current authorities rolled out schemes similar to Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam and Innuyir Kappom-Nammai Kakkum 48 scheme.