LIST OF SCHEMES

■ Drugs and medical equipment to treat Thalassemia and Haemophilia in 10 Govt medical college hospitals at Rs 34 crore

■ Rs 19.50 crore to install MRI scan facility at Tenkasi, Mayiladuthurai and Tirupattur govt hospitals

■ Population Health Registry to be developed and integrated with Unique Health Identification Number to ensure data driven decision making

■ A separate wing to be established in all district HQ hospitals to treat memory loss

■ Rs 69.18 crore for buying 188 new ambulances for 108 service

■ 10 mobile X-ray vans for TB screening

■ Madurai and Coimbatore Govt medical college hospitals to be upgraded into Centres of Excellence for Paediatrics

■ 17 new RT-PCR testing equipment for Rs 5.10 crore

■ State’s first Frozen Red Blood Cell Storage Unit at RGGGH at Rs 3.75 crore

■ Rs 2.60 cr to procure 40 dialysis units

■ Paediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Egmore Children’s Hospital at a cost of Rs 2.56 crore

■ Whole Genome Sequencing facility to be developed at public health lab in DMS at a cost of Rs 4 crore to study the vigor of COVID spread.

■ Human breast milk bank at 12 govt hospitals at Rs 1.2 crore

■ Rs 1.1 cr to procure ultrasound scan equipment for Chennai Corporation

■ Rs 1,248 cr for CM’s Comprehensive Health Insurance scheme

■ Special counselling at govt medical college hospitals to prevent internet addiction among children

■ Native medicine be distributed for hypertension