Health Minister to visit Delhi today
The Hindu
He will raise vaccine allocation issue
Health Minister Ma. Subramanian is set to visit Delhi to call on Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Friday to reiterate the State government’s requests to the Centre on various issues, including the allocation of COVID-19 vaccine doses based on population and to expedite the setting up of an All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Madurai. “We will reiterate our demand for the allocation of vaccine doses based on population, speeding up the setting up of AIIMS [near Madurai], allowing student admissions in 11 [new] medical colleges across Tamil Nadu, for medicines in our preparedness to face the [possible] third wave, and funds to upgrade primary health centres,” Mr. Subramanian said in the Assembly on Thursday.More Related News