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TN Govt launches Amma Mini Clinics, 2000 such clinics to be set up across state

December 15, 2020
The Commune

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched “Amma Mini Clinics” on Monday (December 14) in Chennai. 2000 such mini clinics will be set up across the state to strengthen the public health infrastructure. Chennai alone will have 200 Amma Mini Clinics and more are slated to be set up in densely populated areas.

Each mini clinic will have have a doctor, a nurse and an assistant to help with public consultation along with facilities for checking body temperature, blood pressure, blood oxygen,  haemoglobin, blood sugar, urine samples, etc. The clinics in urban areas will function from 8 AM to 12 PM in the first shift, and from 4 PM to 8 PM in the second shift while the clinics in rural areas will function during the same hours in the 1st shift but from 4 PM to 7 PM in the second shift. 

630 Amma Mini Clinics were inaugrated by the Chief Minister on Monday. Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam and State Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and other officials were present during the event. CM Palaniswami called it a ‘historic achievement,’ of this government.

“Today, with the aim of making medical services easily accessible to the common people, I inaugurated the “Chief Minister’s Mother Mini Clinic” at MPM Street, Thandayarpet, Vyasarpadi, Metropolitan Corporation of Chennai and visited the treatments provided to the public.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has lauded the Tamil Nadu government’s move for launching the scheme in the middle of a pandemic that will provide for better and accessible medical facilities for the public.