A 24-bedded rehabilitation centre will be opened for senior citizens and persons with disabilities at the Government Taluk Hospital in Tiruvannamalai town this week.
Accompanied by K. Karthikeyan, SP (Tiruvannamalai), Collector B. Murugesh inspected the facilities available at the new centre, which will be monitored by the district police as patients at the centre are those who were involved in the illegal sale of liquor and arrack in the district.
The safety of doctors, staff nurses, and patients in other blocks of the hospital will also be ensured by a round-the-clock police team. “We are also making arrangements for an additional 24 beds for emergency purposes. As of now, police say they have 10 such patients. The in-patients will be under CCTV surveillance,” said V. Arun Kumar, nodal officer, National Health Mission (Tiruvannamalai).
