Around one crore individuals have benefited from the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme in Tamil Nadu thus far, mentioned Minister for Health Ma. Subramanian in Tiruchi on Wednesday.

Speaking to media individuals, Mr. Subramanian identified that the scheme was launched by Chief Minister M.Ok. Stalin by giving a medical equipment to a resident at Samanapalli in Krishnagiri district in 2021 .

“The Chief Minister, during his visit to Tiruchi later this month, will hand over a medical kit to a woman beneficiary from Sannasipatti in Manikandam block diagnosed with kidney disease and high blood pressure. He will also review the physiotherapy session of a patient suffering from paralysis from the same village,” he added.

Mr. Subramanian together with Municipal Administration Minister Ok.N. Nehru and School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyamozhi reviewed the preparations at Anna Stadium forward of Mr. Stalin’s go to to Tiruchi on December 29.

The Chief Minister would additionally inaugurate numerous medical services established at authorities hospitals throughout the State by way of video convention.

As many as 10,000 healthcare staff, together with girls well being volunteers, well being nurses, and well being inspectors who labored underneath the scheme, can be supplied with chargeable blood stress equipment every. An extended pending request to supply incentives for 20,000 healthcare staff throughout the State had been considered and orders for month-to-month incentives can be given by the Chief Minister through the occasion.

Talking in regards to the current rise in lively circumstances in India, Mr. Subramanian mentioned the variety of circumstances had decreased to single digits and there was no lack of life for the previous seven to eight months. “As many as 96% of the people have been administered the first dose of vaccine, and 92% of people have been administered the second dose of vaccine. So immunity of the people has increased.”

Asked in regards to the therapy of a 13-year-old woman from Sirkazhi, who suffers from a uncommon pores and skin illness known as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Mr. Subramanian mentioned, “After a video of the girl requesting the Chief Minister’s help came to our notice, we have admitted her to the Rheumatology Department at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, Chennai, and appropriate treatment will be given to her.”

Mr. Subramanian added that the State well being division officers had met the central authorities a number of occasions concerning the development of AIIMS in Madurai, as solely a compound wall had been constructed thus far and there had been been no response from them until now.