TNPSC Thervupettagam

Health center’s expansion

December 10 , 2022 525 days 812 0
  • DPHICON 2022, the conference of the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine held in Chennai to mark 100 years of service.
  • Tamil Nadu will set up another 200 to 250 primary health centres (PHC) and 2,000 to 2,500 more health sub-centres (HSC) on the basis of population.
  • Tamil Nadu had 2,286 primary health centres and urban health centres and 8,713 HSCs.
  • As per norms, there should be one HSC for every 5,000 population.
  • On the basis of population, the State may need at least 2,000 to 2,500 more HSCs.
  • The State has 12,525 village panchayats.
  • So, we will need more than 10,000 HSCs while we are having 8,713 HSCs.
  • There should be one PHC for every 30,000 population in villages, 20,000 in hill areas and 50,000 in cities.
  • The directorate will soon launch a YouTube channel Nalam 360 soon.

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