Ministers M.P. Saminathan, Ma. Subramanian, and P.K. Sekarbabu, and Mayor R. Priya at the medical camp held for journalists at Kalaivanar Arangam on Saturday.
| Photo Credit: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN
The State government on Saturday launched a special medical camp for journalists, providing specialised medical services such as general medicine, cardiology, ENT, orthopedics, gynaecology, and ophthalmology, with support from Apollo Hospitals.
Speaking at the inauguration of the camp, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said,Ā āThe facilities at the camp include ECG, Echo and ultrasound. Indian Medicine has also been introducedī at the camp. The Chief Minister had announced inĀ 2022 that the comprehensive health insurance scheme will be available for all accredited journalists. As many as 1,414 journalists have been included on the list. The allocation for such welfare schemes has increased in the past few years.Ā The pension for journalists has been increased from ā¹10,000 to ā¹12,000. The assistance has been increased from ā¹3 lakh to ā¹10 lakh for the welfare of the journalists,ā he said.Ā
New app
At the event, Mr. Subramanian also launched TAEI Registry 2.0, an app for real-time data collection for accident and emergency care in the State.Ā TheĀ app has been built to facilitate real-time information about individual patient care records from the 113 centres, integrating ambulances and hospitals and improving services for patients, particularly pre-hospital, in-hospital and rehabilitation.ī
Information Minister M.P. Saminathan, CMDA and HR and CE Minister P.K. Sekarbabu, Chennai Mayor R. Priya and Deputy Mayor M. Magesh Kumaar participated.
Published ā November 09, 2025 06:24 am IST
