Chief minister M K Stalin launched Makkalai thedi maruthuvam, an initiative to take healthcare Services to peoples doorsteps, at Samanapalli village near Shoolagiri. He also handed over medicines to beneficiaries of the scheme.
After rolling out the scheme, the chief minister said, The first of its kind scheme in the country will include physiotherapy-related therapies, testing and providing medicines to the poor and for non-communicable diseases at their doorsteps.
Stalin said one crore people from 30 lakh families would be reached out under the scheme.