Mobile units to be launched to extend medical care to people living in remote areas of TN

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu government will launch 389 mobile healthcare units to cater to the medical needs of the people living in remote villages and hilly regions, health minister Ma Subramanian informed the assembly on Wednesday.

The mobile units would be launched on Friday by chief minister M K Stalin. Each unit would have a doctor, a nurse, an assistant and a pharmacist, said the minister while responding to a question raised by Srivilliputhur legislator E M Manraj on Wednesday.

As many as 25 primary health centres and an equal number of urban primary health centres would be established in the state with the Union government funding. These upcoming facilities would further augment the state health infrastructure, he added.