500 new PG medical seats will be created, says Health Minister

500 new PG medical seats will be created, says Health Minister

The Hindu Bureau

CHENNAI 22/04/25

Making a total of 118 announcements for the Health Department on Monday, Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said 500 new postgraduate medical seats would be created in Tamil Nadu. A scheme to provide nutritious food to patients undergoing haemodialysis at all government medical college hospitals, grant of ₹1,000 every month to 7,618 children affected with HIV/AIDS for their nutrition, education, and medical needs, and provision of dialysis services at 50 upgraded Primary Health Centres in rural areas were among the announcements.

The Minister said 500 new postgraduate seats would be created at the government medical colleges in Ramanathapuram, Virudhunagar, the Nilgiris, Dindigul, Tiruppur, Tiruvallur, Namakkal, Nagapattinam, Krishnagiri, Ariyalur, Kallakurichi, Pudukkottai and Karur and at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital. He said 642 new health sub-centres would be established on the basis of population in urban and rural areas.

To ensure continuous care for 50,000 low birth weight babies discharged from the Special Newborn Care Units, the Health Department will provide kits at a cost of ₹8.07 crore for meeting their nutritional needs and improving their immunity. These kits would have vitamin D3, iron, and multivitamin drops.

There were a number of announcements for improving dialysis services and for patients on dialysis. People residing in villages with end-stage renal disease had to travel to cities for haemodialysis. Hence, dialysis services would be provided at 50 upgraded Primary Health Centres through contributions from private entities and volunteers, he said.

The Minister said patients on haemodialysis required protein-rich nutritious food, and such food, comprising milk, egg white, and ‘sundal’, would be provided at all government medical college hospitals.