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Fewer births, bigger questions for Tamil Nadu (opens the original)
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Tamil Nadu recorded nearly 45,000 fewer births in 2025 than the previous year, with the number of births falling by 5.3% from 8.47 lakh in 2024 to 8.02 lakh, pointing to a continuing decline in births in the State. The decline comes against the backdrop of a long-term fall in fertility in the State. In 2026, five lakh-odd births were recorded so far, according to Civil Registration System data.” While the decline in births reflects a broader demographic transition, with implications for the work
District Entomologist posts remain vacant in over 40 Health Unit Districts (opens the original)
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With dengue cases on the rise, the post of District Entomologists is lying vacant in more than 40 of the 45 Health Unit Districts (HUD) in Tamil Nadu. District Entomologists play a critical role in vector-borne disease control, and the existing vacancies may adversely impact the planning and monitoring of dengue control activities. According to the Tamil Nadu Public Health Entomologists Association, 48 posts of the total 60 sanctioned posts of Senior Entomologists were vacant in the State. As a
Key posts at govt. medical institutions across T.N. vacant or held by personnel given additional-charge, say doctors (opens the original)
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Several key positions in government medical college hospitals across Tamil Nadu are vacant or are being managed by personnel given additional-charge arrangements. This, according to government doctors, is impeding administrative functioning and affecting timely decision-making relating to patient care. Inquiries with government doctors in many institutions showed that the vacant posts or those held as additional charges included directors of institutes of internal medicine, orthopaedics, general
TNMSC to procure assistive devices, retrofitted scooters for Differently Abled Welfare Department (opens the original)
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For the first time, the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation (TNMSC) is procuring various assistive devices and mobility aids, including retrofitted petrol scooters, for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons Department. Nearly 15 tenders have been floated by the TNMSC after the department asked it to undertake the procurements. The TNMSC was set up with the main objective of ensuring the availability of essential drugs and medical supplies in all government hospitals across the State throu
How Tamil Nadu invested in sustained awareness and building trust to shape its organ donation programme (opens the original)
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From seven deceased donor organ donations in its first year, to 266 in a single year, Tamil Nadu has come a long way in 17 years. Behind the rise is a gradual shift in public perception, shaped by sustained awareness efforts, measures to build confidence, and trust and improvements in the State’s transplant infrastructure and systems. The numbers tell a compelling story of how far the State has come with regard to organ donation and transplantation. Since 2008, the highest number of deceased org
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