Over the past four years, more than 81 lakh beneficiaries received free treatment worth Rs 5,878 crore under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme.
The emergency ‘Innuyir Kaappom Nammai Kaappom’ initiative has saved 7.4 lakh accident victims at a cost of Rs 648.12 crore.
The government has distributed nutrition kits worth Rs 1,149.24 crore to 54 lakh pregnant women and 31.75 lakh mothers.
Five new hospitals were established at Rs 1,046 crore in the state, alongside Rs 151 crore spent on India’s second National Centre for Ageing in Guindy.
The Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme delivered doorstep healthcare to over 200 lakh people.
School-based vision screenings provided free spectacles to 13.11 lakh children.
Tamil Nadu reduced Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of 8 per 1,000 live births, against the national average of 28.
The state has clinched 545 awards for the medical excellence, including in rural medicine, TB elimination, and organ transplantation.