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Siddha wing in all PHCs soon: Stalin
Posted by ganesh in Communication, Departments, Health, Information, Other, hospital, modification, programme, tamilnadu on April 3rd, 2010
Tamilnadu Deputy Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday said Primary Health Centres in the State would soon have siddha medicine treatment units.
Inaugurating a seminar on “Tamil medicine, its ancientness and individuality,” in Chennai, Stalin said realising the importance and efficacy of Siddha medicines, the State government has opened Siddha medicine departments in different parts of the State.
The Deputy Chief Minister recalled that Chief Minister M Karunanidhi laid foundation stone for the National Institute of Siddha at Tambaram in 1999 and the institute was now providing herbal treatment to maternal and women health care issues.
Stalin said certain efforts should be taken to bring out books in Tamil highlighting the importance of siddha medicine. He also said siddha medical practitioners should undergo research. The Deputy Chief Minister appealed to allopathic and Siddha doctors to work in
coordination without any bias.
The Forum for Physiotherapists observed their demands
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Education, Health, Information, Madurai, Public, competition, programme, student on March 23rd, 2010
The Forum for Physiotherapists observed a fast at the North Masi West Masi Street pressing their demands which include establishing a Tamil Nadu Physiotherapy Council.
The physiotherapists said that the Government was yet to form a council for them to regularise their services and this had resulted in those who finished the courses could not register their names as doctors.
They said that services to the rural society also had not reached those for whom the services were intended.
Preventing them from using the prefix ‘Dr’ would deny their services to rural people who might not understand them as physiotherapists, the members alleged. They insisted that those who completed their courses in unrecognised institutions should not be permitted to practise the same.
They said that as per the guidelines of the World Health Organisation (WHO), the government should appoint physiotherapists at all Primary Health Centres.
Forum for Physiotherapist seek new posts for them and extend their wing
Posted by ganesh in Departments, Health, Madurai, government, hospital, programme on January 7th, 2010
State Forum for Physiotherapist has requested the Tamil Nadu Government to create new posts for them and extend their wing in all the State hospitals, district Primary health centres and taluk hospitals.
President of the forum V. Krishnakumar and General Secretary S. Suresh told newsmen here that they had sent 5,000 telegrams to the Chief Minister to press their demands, including appointment of physiotherapists in all hospitals.
Even the rural people should be benefited by the rehabilitation programme for those who suffered fracture or required physiotherapy, they said.
They also demanded setting up of State Physiotherapist Council and more fund should be allocated for research in the field of Physiotherapy. There were 22,000 physiotherapists who needed a helping hand from the Chief Minister,
Medical Insurance Scheme would be rewarded with a certificate of excellence
Posted by ganesh in Health, Nagapattinam, Public, government on November 20th, 2009
Collector C.Munianathan appraising Chief Minister’s Medical Insurance Scheme at the district level review meet in Nagapattinam
Members of the civic society prescribing over 100 eligible beneficiaries under the Chief Minister Medical Insurance Scheme would be rewarded with a certificate of excellence, stated Collector C. Munianathan at the district level review meet on the Chief Minister’s Medical Insurance Scheme here recently.
This would include not just medical practitioners and health workers, but also, NGOs, good Samaritans and social service volunteers. People have been urged to convey the message and prescribe the names of the needy in their neighbourhood.
Appraising the performance of the scheme in the district, Mr. Munianathan urged doctors and health workers at government hospitals and primary health centres to screen and facilitate deserving patients to benefit from the treatment provided under the Scheme. Medical practitioners were duty bound to recommend patients for treatment, he said.
The Chief Minister’s Medical Insurance Scheme provides for treatment of over 51 diseases. This includes treatment of heart ailments, valve replacement, kidney and other organ transplants, treatment of the liver, gall bladder and neurological disorders, treatment for burns, plastic surgery, and of those in coma; oncological treatment for blood cancer and cancer of the uterus.
Members of all 26 Welfare Boards, and families with an annual income not exceeding 72,000 are entitled to free treatment of various diseases under the medical insurance scheme.
Primary Health Centres to get a green cover 31 primary health centres
It has been decided to ‘green’ the 31 primary health centres in the district with the funds to be made available from the District Health Society, according to Collector J. Uma Maheswari.
Chairing the Executive Committee and Governing Body Meet of the society here on Tuesday, Dr. Uma Maheswari said that a mobile medical unit was functioning in each of the eight panchayat unions in the district.
Well-equipped
The units were equipped with a medical officer, a nurse, a health assistant and a driver.
The vehicle would visit a panchayat a day in each of the unions to attend to the patients in that village, besides providing them the required medicines.
Stating that there were 31 primary health centres in the district and efforts would be taken to provide a green cover in all of them with the funds to be made available through the society, Dr. Uma Maheswari.
Through funds made available from the society nurses quarters and post-natal medical room have been constructed at Kavalkaranpatti, Kallappalli and Kadavur centers at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, nurses quarters at Govindampalayam and Seplapatti at a cost of Rs. 6.60 lakh each, post-natal medical room and surgical room at Uppidamangalam and Inungur centres at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, post-natal medical rooms at Manmangalam and Sengal centers at a cost of Rs. 10 lakh each, the Collector said.
Joint Director (Health and Family Welfare) Akbar Ali, Deputy Director (Health) K. Sadasivam, Deputy Director Ashaq Hussain, representatives of voluntary organisations and others participated in the deliberations.
New medical colleges to be functional next year
The new government medical colleges coming up at Villupuram and Tiruvarur will start functioning from the coming academic year, Health Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam said on Wednesday.
He made the observation at a press conference after a surprise inspection of the construction works at Mundiampakkam near here. Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy, Director of Medical Education Vinayagam and District Collector R. Palanisamy accompanied him.
Mr. Panneerselvam said the new medical colleges would have ultramodern facilities. Despite the delay caused by court cases, the work on the Villupuram medical college had progressed well in the past six months. It would be completed by March 2010 so as to begin admission for the first year M.B.B.S. course with the permission of the Medical Council of India.
For the first phase of work on the Villupuram medical college Rs.58 lakh was allotted and 90 per cent of it had been completed. For the second phase Rs.35 crore has been earmarked. For the third phase, Rs.23 crore has been set aside.
Mr. Panneerselvam said that the A (H1N1) influenza was under control in the State. Because of preventive measures taken up in airports and railway stations its spread was contained. It claimed only five lives.
He said under the Kalaignar Health Insurance Scheme for Life-saving Treatments, 5,817 persons had undergone surgery at a total cost of Rs.23.24 crore. In Villupuram district 192 persons benefited to the tune of Rs.88.76 lakh. It was proposed to cover one crore families under the scheme. Already, 59,12,000 families had been registered and 17,22,400 given identity cards.
Mr. Ponmudy said six new Primary Health Centres had been set up in the district and seven PHCs elevated to 30-bed hospitals.
Blood banks had been set up in two PHCs and telemedicine facility provided at the Mayilam PHC.
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