For the first time, no doctors’ shortage in govt. hospitals, says Ma. Subramanian

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“For the archetypal clip since the instauration of the Health Department, we are successful a presumption wherever determination is nary shortage of doctors,” said Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian.

He on with the officials conducted an inspection astatine the Tirupattur Government Hospital successful Sivaganga territory present connected Saturday, wherever helium interacted with patients to perceive their grievances.

During the property conscionable there, arsenic journalists raised respective concerns pertaining to the lack of maternity and orthopaedic specialists astatine the Tirupattur Government Hospital and dilapidated authorities of the maternity ward building, helium said six retired of the 7 sanctioned posts astatine the infirmary were filled and lone 1 idiosyncratic was connected deputation elsewhere, and instructions had been fixed asking the doc to return.

There was nary shortage of nurses and during the inspection, patients expressed restitution with the attraction provided, helium said.

“I person besides directed officials to renovate the damaged maternity building,” helium said.

“It indispensable beryllium understood that the fig of doctors and unit is allocated based connected the tier of the installation — ranging from Sub-Health Centers, Primary Health Centers (PHC), and Upgraded PHCs to Taluk Hospitals, District Hospitals, and Medical Colleges,” Mr. Subramanian said.

Across Tamil Nadu, 1,256 Nalam Kaakkum Stalin aesculapian camps were planned. So far, 1,140 camps had been conducted covering 17,03,683 people, helium said.

Minister for Co-operation K.R. Periakaruppan and District Collector K. Porkodi were present.

Published - February 07, 2026 09:39 p.m. IST

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