Making a suo motu statement in the Assembly, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa said laboratories would be set up in four medical college hospitals at a cost of Rs two crore each.
"This scheme would be implemented rapidly in all medical college hospitals in the state," she said.
King's Institute in Chennai was the only lab to diagnose epidemics thorugh IgM, ELISA tests in the state, she said.
The government would open lifestyle clinics at a cost of Rs 9.60 crore, which would follow yoga, naturopathy, water therapy, mud therapy, food therapy and acupuncture medical systems to treat blood pressure, diabetes, heart diseases, cancer and backbone related ailments.
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In order to check the fake certificates among Indian medicine graduates, the government would put in place a URL and 2 D Bar Code technology to check the authenticity of the certificates at a cost of Rs 15 lakh, she said.
The government would also develop 15 government hospitals in 15 districts without government medical college at a cost of Rs 18.51 crore, she said, adding that Community-based Pain Relief and Palliative Care units would be set up in all districts at Rs 16.50 crore.
A total of Rs 12.28 crore was earmarked for maternal medical care to open special units in 55 government hospitals in the state, she said.