Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam Expansion: Mobile Units Add Palliative Care
Tamil Nadu's flagship healthcare scheme integrates advanced home-based palliative and geriatric care across 38 districts.
Why this matters to Tamil Nadu
Reduces out-of-pocket medical expenditure for chronic and bedridden patients across Tamil Nadu's rural and urban households. Eases overcrowding at tertiary government medical college hospitals by decentralizing chronic disease management to doorstep levels. Ensures regular doorstep monitoring of blood pressure, blood sugar, and physiotherapy for over 2.1 crore registered beneficiaries.
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