The Centre will be providing Rs 3,000 crore to Tamil Nadu in the next five years to set up urban health and wellness centres, public health labs and critical care units across the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated 11 new medical colleges in the state.
The new medical colleges will add 1,450 more seats for MBBS aspirants in the state, taking it from 5125 medical seats in 27 colleges. The medical colleges in Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri districts were set up at an investment of around Rs 3,750 crore, of which Rs 2,145 crore was the Centre's contribution.