Camps under ‘Nalam Kakkum Stalin' initiative to offer range of services
Addressing reporters in the Secretariat campus in Chennai, Mr. Radhakrishnan said that multiple departments, including Social Welfare and Women Empowerment, Labour Welfare and Skill Development, Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Departments, among others, would be involved in these camps.
He said that samples taken from beneficiaries would be identified using bar coding and the results would be made available by end of day. A State-level monitoring committee headed by the Chief Secretary would review the programme, while Collectors would review their implementation at the district level.
The details of the attendees and their test results, if any, would be fed into the Health Management Information System that would help hospitals to access, he said. The functioning of the camps organised under the 'Nalam Kakkum Stalin' programme would be reviewed on a weekly and monthly basis, he said.
Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department P. Senthil Kumar, Secretary of Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Department G. Laxmi Priya, Secretary of Labour Welfare and Skill Development K. Veera Raghava Rao and Mission Director of the National Health Mission Arun Thamburaj were also present.
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