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The State government on Saturday launched a special medical camp for journalists, providing specialised medical services such as general medicine, cardiology, ENT, orthopedics, gynaecology, and ophthalmology, with support from Apollo Hospitals. Speaking at the inauguration of the camp, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said, “The facilities at the camp include ECG, Echo and ultrasound. Indian Medicine has also been introducedat the camp. The Chief Minister had announced in 2022 that the comprehensive health insurance scheme will be available for all accredited journalists. As many as 1,414 journalists have been included on the list. The allocation for such welfare schemes has increased in the past few years. The pension for journalists has been increased from ₹10,000 to ₹12,000. The assistance has been increased from ₹3 lakh to ₹10 lakh for the welfare of the journalists,” he said. At the event, Mr. Subramanian also launched TAEI Registry 2.0, an app for real-time data collection for accident and emergency care in the State. The app has been built to facilitate real-time information about individual patient care records from the 113 centres, integrating ambulances and hospitals and improving services for patients, particularly pre-hospital, in-hospital and rehabilitation. Information Minister M.P. Saminathan, CMDA and HR and CE Minister P.K. Sekarbabu, Chennai Mayor R. Priya and Deputy Mayor M. Magesh Kumaar participated.
