As part of initiatives towards ‘TB free Tamil Nadu - 2025’, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday flagged off 23 vans installed with digital X-ray machines at a total cost of ₹10.65 crore to many districts. These vehicles would join the 14 such vehicles that are already in service in the first phase.
These vehicles would visit crowded residential areas, old-age homes, industries, and areas vulnerable for tuberculosis to find cases with the aid of equipment installed in each of them, an official release said. The patients would be provided necessary medication, a financial assistance of ₹500, and counselling for continued medication, besides creating awareness in the locality.
The vehicles are equipped to perform X-ray tests even in areas without electricity connection with the help of generators. “It has been planned to take tests from five lakh people during the current year with the help of these vehicles that could take 10 X-ray tests in an hour,” it said.
