TN health department officials to conduct door to door campaign on vaccine awareness
Chennai, Oct 27 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department will be conducting a door-to-door campaign on vaccine awareness and if possible to inoculate those who have not taken the jab at their homes. The state health department in a statement said that this would reduce the vaccine hesitancy of several sections of the population especially […]
TN steps up checking for Covid -19 of passengers from Kerala
Chennai, Oct 15 ( BPNS) Tamil Nadu police and health department has stepped up the security at check-posts bordering Kerala as large number of people are reaching the state during Pooja holidays. The state health department has stepped up the security and checking at the check posts that border Kerala. With Tamil Nadu announcing the […]
State health department to increase mosquito control measures to contain spread of dengue
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department is to increase fogging and other methods to control the multiplication of mosquitos as dengue cases are on the rise in the state. The state health minister Ma Subramanian had on Monday met officials of the health department and directed officers to take measures for the […]
Fifth mega vaccination drive on October 10, Tamil Nadu health Minister
Chennai, Oct 5 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has said that the fifth mega vaccination drive against Covid -19 will be held on October 10. The minister was speaking to reporters here on Tuesday. He said that the mega vaccination camps across the state have been a major success and that in the […]
Loans sharks including Self Help Groups makes life miserable for people in rural TN
Chennai, Sept 23(BPNS) Post-Covid, the situation in rural Tamil Nadu is miserable after loan sharks including Self-help group members are taking rounds to pester people who have taken money from them. The loan sharks are on the prowl in the villages of Tamil Nadu with several people losing their motorbikes, four-wheelers and pick-up vans, and […]
Tamil Nadu to hold third mega vaccination camp on September 26
Chennai, Sept 23 (BPNS) The state of Tamil Nadu will be holding a mega vaccination camp on September 26, Sunday. This was announced by the state health minister, Ma Subramanian on Thursday. Buoyed by the success of the mega vaccination camps held on September 12 and September 19, the Tamil Nadu health department is going […]
Caregivers shun the first rehabilitation ward in South Tamil Nadu
Chennai, Sept 21 (2021) The first rehabilitation ward of South Tamil Nadu at the Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) in Madurai for the destitute, opened in December 2020 is now deserted as no caregivers are present to take care of the abandoned. This is the second such centre in the state after the one in Chennai […]
TN health minister urges Central government to export vaccines only after vaccinating Indian population
Chennai, Sept 21 (BPNS) Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramanian has called upon the Union government to export vaccines to other countries only after making sure that the entire population of Indians is given at least one dose of the vaccine. He said that according to the data presented by the Union government, only one-third […]
TN Health department inoculates 16, 43 lakh people in second mega vaccine camp
Chennai, Sept 19(BPNS) The Tamil Nadu health department has administered 16, 43,879 lakh doses of vaccines on Sunday, September 19 in the second mega vaccination camp organized by it. The state public health department in a statement on Sunday said that this has taken the total vaccination to 1 crore since the beginning of the […]