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Gagandeep Singh Bedi, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary. Parent agency. Government of Tamil Nadu. Website. tnhealth .tn .gov .in. The Department of Health and Family Welfare is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu and is responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in the state.
The institute functions under Director of Medical Education and Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu). It was one of the major institutions in India responsible for eradicating small pox by the production of vaccine. It is also one of the referral centers for bacterial and viral diseases in Tamil Nadu. Various wings at the ...
Preventive health refers to routine care you receive in order to maintain your health. It’s key to diagnosing medical conditions before they become a problem. Preventing serious diseases before ...
Etymology Medicine is the science and practice of the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. The word "medicine" is derived from Latin medicus, meaning "a physician". Clinical practice The Doctor by Sir Luke Fildes (1891) Elizabeth Blackwell, the first female physician in the United States graduated from SUNY Upstate (1847) Medical availability and clinical practice vary ...
t. e. Siddha medicine is a form of traditional medicine originating in southern India. [1] It is one of the oldest systems of medicine in India. [1] [2] In rural India, siddhars have learned methods traditionally through master-disciple relationships to become local "healers" known as siddhars. [2] Siddhars are among an estimated 400,000 ...
Voluntary Health Services. / 13.00278°N 80.24611°E / 13.00278; 80.24611. Voluntary Health Services, popularly known as the VHS Hospital, is a multispecialty tertiary care referral hospital in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, reportedly serving the economically weaker sections of the society. It was founded in 1958 by Krishnaswami ...
Health care, or healthcare, is the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental impairments in people. Health care is delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. Medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, midwifery, nursing, optometry ...
The Indian state Tamil Nadu was a pioneer in introducing midday meal programmes in India to increase the number of children enrolling in school; K. Kamaraj, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu at the time, introduced it first in Chennai and later extended it to all districts of Tamil Nadu.