TN orders audit of all deaths

TN orders audit of all deaths

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:10.05.2021

State health minister Ma Subramanian has ordered an audit of deaths occrring due to Covid-19. The order will deal with reconciliation of deaths, active cases and discharges from the registry to ensure that policy makers get the right picture to make strategic decisions for prevention and management of the pandemic.

During a meeting with senior officials from the health and municipal administration, the health minister recalled chief minister M K Stalin’s directions that there should not be any fudging of numbers of fresh cases, deaths and discharges.

While Ma Subramanian could not be contacted, DMK spokesperson T K S Elangovan told TOI those directions have been issued for reconciliation.

“Yes, we are forming this committee. A data audit needs to be done so that people are aware of the seriousness of the issue. Already the chief minister had asked the officials to ensure the records are clean. To check the previous data, this team will be put in place a study and reconcile the data,” he said.