CHENNAI AND HEALTHCARE

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CHENNAI AND HEALTHCARE

 

There is a wide rural-urban divide in availability of healthcare facilities in India. The national doctor-patient ratio is woefully inadequate, rather lopsided. There is also a skewed spread of healthcare institutions like hospitals, health centres, medical colleges, etc. across the country. Big cities like Chennai, for example, are fast emerging as major cure and medical tourism hubs in the healthcare sector. Chennai, in particular, is poised to become one of the most preferred global healing destinations with the presence of many private hospitals equipped with high-end state-of-the-art medical equipment complemented by a galaxy of excellent doctors of professional grit having rich expertise and experience, which attract patients from within the country and even abroad. However, a majority of rural population still remains an uncared for lot in healthcare. Though India is home to world-class hospitals – both in public and private sectors - medical treatment for the common man is still a far-cry and remains beyond his reach.


With many medical facilities available in Chennai, it is becoming the most preferred healthcare destination and almost the healthcare capital of India. In addition to the common ill-health conditions, we have the best hospitals for eye-care, dental-care, ENT-care, plastic surgery, etc. There are also hospitals and medical research institutions in non-allopath indigenous systems - Ayurveda, Siddha, Homeopathy, Unani, Nature Care, Herbal Care, etc.

 

While so, Tamil Nadu has been recently adjudged and ranked number one in the country in organ donation, harvesting, and transplantation for the sixth year in a row, with 8245 organs harvested from 1392 donors. Still inspiring is the happy tiding that 97 organs were harvested even during the current Covid-19 pandemic. On the 11th Indian Organ Donation Day (27.11.2020-Friday), in a virtual event organized by the Union Health Ministry in New Delhi, the Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and Minister of State for Health Ashwini Kumar Choubey conferred the honour on Tamil Nadu, which was received by its Health Minister C Vijayabaskar and Health Secretary  J Radhakrishnan.

 

 

Tamil Nadu has been at the forefront in all areas of healthcare – especially its capital Chennai – like availability of medical facilities, world-class medical treatment, surgical interventions, healthcare of women and children including a drastic reduction in maternal and infant mortalities, and controlling of any pandemic like the current Covid-19.

  

In 2020, 107 liver and 186 renal transplants were carried out in the state. Tamil Nadu has also achieved the rare distinction of performing lung transplants on six persons who recovered from Covid-19.

 

Kudos to Chennai and Tamil Nadu!

  

R.SAMPATH

2/12/2020

 

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