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Emergency loading dose at PHCs, HSCs helps save lives: T.N. Health Minister Ma. Subramanian

The emergency loading dose stocked in all the 10,999 rural health facilities, 8,173 health sub-centres and 2,286 primary health centres across Tamil Nadu has come in handy in saving lives in remote locations, said Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Minister Ma. Subramanian at Thoothukudi on Friday, September 29, 2023.

Speaking at the World Heart Day celebrations organised by Thoothukudi Government Medical College and Hospital, he said that the ‘Idhayam Kaapom’ (save the heart) program was launched on June 27 in Tamil Nadu. The objective was to provide an effective first-aid to people coming with heart ailments.

Tamil Nadu Minister for Health and Family Welfare, Ma. Subramanian inspecting the modern kitchen at Thoothukudi Government Medical College Hospital on September 29, 2023 (Source: N. Rajesh)
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