The state has increased budgetary allocation for the health department to Rs 18,661 crore compared to Rs 17,902 in the last budget and has decided to expand the Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme to cover 711 factories and 8.35 lakh workers in the first phase. Under the plan, health check-ups will be held at the factories to screen for non-communicable diseases, including high blood pressure and diabetes. Migrant laborers also will benefit under the scheme.
The budget has also allocated Rs 110 crore for constructing new buildings at the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Trichy and Rs 147 crore for a new multi-specialty block, nurses training school, and hostel at Government Stanley Medical College Hospital in Chennai. However, doctors say that funds allocated for the health sector differ from expected.
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