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Contents Page
No.
14. MEDICAL AND HEALTH
14.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 277

14.2 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses under 278
the control of Director of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy
14.3 Patients Treated for Cancer under Cancer Control Programme 279
14.4 Medical Institutions under the Control of Directorate of Medical 280
and Rural Health Services
14.5 Services Rendered by the Medical Institutions 280

14.6 Population, Beds and Doctors Ratio District-wise 281-284

14.7 Immunisation Performance in Tamil Nadu 285

14.8 Incidence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Tamil Nadu 285

14.9 Indian Medicine - Head Quarters Hospitals and Bed Strength 286

14.10 Government Medical Institutions having ISM & H wings attached 287
with Out-Patient Department
14.11 Registration of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy Practitioners 287

14.12 Screening of School Children under Blindness Control Programme 288

14.13 Performance of Cataract Operations 288

14.14 HIV Infected Cases in Tamil Nadu – Number of Patients currently 289-290
on Antiretroviral treatment
14.15 Leprosy Eradication in Tamil Nadu 291
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14. MEDICAL AND HEALTH
14.1 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, BED STRENGTH, DOCTORS AND NURSES
2016-17
(in Nos.)

D.M & DIR. Grand

Classification D.M.E D.P.H.
R.H.S. E.S.I. Total

1. Hospitals 50 331 - 7 388

2. Dispensaries 13 11 - 214 239

Primary Health
3. 0 0 1747 0 1747
Centres

4. Health Sub-Centres 0 0 8706 0 8706

5. Mobile Medical Units 0 0 416 0 416

6. Bed Strength 34997 27591 17340 1125 81053

7. Number of Doctors 7294 3997 6010 678 17979

Number of Nurses
8. ( Including CHN, SHN VHN 9129 6869 21770 520 38288
and SN ) *

* only for DPH

Note: ESI Hospital at K.K. Nagar, Chennai-78, ESI Hospital, Tirunelveli are functioning under the
direct control of ESI Corporation, New Delhi

Source: 1. D.M.E. - Director of Medical Education, Chennai –10

2. D.M. R.H.S. - Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6
3. D.P.H. - Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai –6
4. Dir.ESI. - Director of Medical and Rural Health Services (ESI), Chennai-6
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14.2 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, BED STRENGTH, DOCTORS AND NURSES
UNDER THE CONTROL OF DIRECTOR OF INDIAN MEDICINE
AND HOMOEOPATHY AS ON 01.01.2017

(in Nos.)

Ayuv
eda
Classification Ayurveda Siddha unani
Sidda
Unani

1 2 3 4 5

1. Hospitals 1 1 - 1
2. Dispensaries & Mobile
Medical Unit 9 66 - -

3. Wings attached to Medical

College Hospitals, District
Head Quarters Hospitals, 11 294 9 -
Taluk Hospitals and Non-
Taluk Hospitals
Under National AYUSH
Mission - 6 1 -

4. Wings attached to Primary

Health Centres 25 407 14 -

Under NRHM 52 275 40 -

Under National AYUSH

1 5 - -
Mission

5. Bed Strength 100 750 - 310

6. No. of Doctors (Sanctioned ) 62 863 40 -
Regular @

(NRHM) 52 275 40 -
Under National AYUSH 1 11 1 -
Mission
7. No. of Nurses -- - - -

8. No. of Patients for 2016

i. In-Patients 34028 155226 179 59861
ii. Out-Patients 1925130 27267346 650140 855890
@ - Doctors working in the combined hospital are attended to the respective system
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(Contd.)
Yoga&nat Homeopat Grant
Classification Total
uropathy hy total
1 2 3 4 5
1. Hospitals 1 4 1 5
2. Dispensaries & Mobile
1 76 5 81
Medical Unit
Under National AYUSH
2 2 - 2
Mission
3. Wings attached to Medical
College Hospitals, District
Head Quarters Hospitals, 50 364 37 401
Taluk Hospitals and Non-
Taluk Hospitals
Under National AYUSH
15 22 1 23
Mission
4. Wings attached to Primary
Health Centres 2 448 6 454

Under NRHM 51 418 57 475

Under National AYUSH - 6 6
-
Mission
50 1210 50 1260
5. Bed Strength

6. No. of Doctors (Sanctioned )

Regular @ 61
74 1039 1100
(NRHM) 51 418 57 475
Under National AYUSH
17 30 1 31
Mission
7. No. of Nurses - 99 - 99
8. No. of Patients for 2016
- 249294 17770 267064
i. In-Patients
ii. Out-Patients 2269306 32967812 2377484 35345296

Source: The Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy,Chennai 106

14.3 PATIENTS TREATED FOR CANCER UNDER

CANCER CONTROL PROGRAMME 2016-17

Description Numbers

Cervical Screening 96741

PAP Smear 33057

Breast Cancer 14045

Oral Cavity 10447

Source : Director of Medical Education, Chennai-10
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14.4 MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF
DIRECTORATE OF MEDICAL AND RURAL HEALTH SERVICES
2015-16 2016-17
Medical Institutions No. of No. of No. of No. of
Hospitals Beds Hospitals Beds
1. District Headquarters Hospitals 29 8604 29 8604
2. Taluk Hospitals 168 13541 206 15885
3. Non-Taluk Hospitals 79 3271 68 2746
4. Dispensaries 11 8 11 8
5. Mobile Medical Units 0 0 0 0
6. Government Women and
Children Hospitals
7 98 7 98
7. T.B. Hospitals/Sanatorium 2 130 2 130
8. T.B. Clinics 2 0 0 0
9. Leprosy Hospitals/Centres 7 70 7 70
10 Rehabilation institute &
0 0 1 50
Medical Health (RIMH)
Total 305 25722 331 27591
Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6

14.5 SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS 2016-17

Service rendered No. in lakhs

Average number of In-Patients treated daily 20697

Average number of Out-Patients treated daily 204944

Number of Major Operations performed during the year

216687
Number of Minor Operations performed during the year 1238075

Number of Emergency Cases attended during the year 4123533

Number of Medico Legal cases attended during the year 411774

4412161
Number of Laboratory Tests done
8
Number of X-Rays taken 741618

Number of Post-Mortems conducted 20127

Number of Accident cases treated 244717

Number of Deliveries conducted 173212

Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2016-17
(Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services)

Popula- Total Popula

Popula- Total
tion Beds -tion
District tion per No. of
(2011) (in per
bed ratio Doctors
(in Nos.) Nos.) Doctor
1. Kancheepuram 3990897 1221 3269 183 21808
2. Thiruvallur 3725697 839 4441 133 28013
3. Cuddalore 2600880 1436 1811 210 12385
4. Villupuram 3463284 977 3545 167 20738
5. Vellore 3928106 1299 3024 208 18885
6. Tiruvannamalai 2468965 582 4242 111 22243
7. Salem 3480008 909 3828 133 26165
8. Namakkal 1721179 865 1990 172 10007
9. Dharmapuri 1502900 267 5629 53 28357
10. Krishnagiri 1883731 745 2528 141 13360
11. Erode 2259608 1189 1900 160 14123
12. Coimbatore 3472578 829 4189 117 29680
13. Tiruppur 2471222 1235 2001 165 14977
14. The Nilgiris 735071 839 876 110 6682
15. Tiruchirappalli 2713858 832 3262 119 22806
16. Karur 1076588 385 2796 41 26258
17. Perambalur 564511 358 1577 82 6884
18. Ariyalur 752481 372 2023 56 13437
19. Pudukkottai 1618725 858 1887 97 16688
20. Thanjavur 2402781 1191 2017 123 19535
21. Nagapattinam 1514069 1214 1247 159 9522
22. Thiruvarur 1268094 723 1754 96 13209
23. Madurai 3041038 552 5509 106 28689
24. Theni 124684 686 182 88 1417
25. Dindigul 2161367 1058 2043 171 12640
26. Ramanathapuram 1337560 1168 1145 147 9099
27. Virudhunagar 1943309 1566 1241 195 9966
28. Sivagangai 1341250 842 1593 99 13548
29. Tirunelveli 3072880 1342 2290 171 17970
30. Thoothukkudi 1738376 702 2476 94 18493
31. Kanniyakumari 1863174 510 3653 90 20702
TOTAL 72138958 27591 79968 3997 528286
Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2016-17 (Contd.)
(Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine)

Popul
Popula
Total a-tion Total
2011 -tion
District Beds per No. of
Population per
(in Nos.) bed Doctors
Doctor
ratio
1. Chennai 4646732 0 0 0 0
2. Kancheepuram 3998252 676 5915 206 19409
3. Thiruvallur 3728104 434 8590 196 19021
4. Cuddalore 2605914 622 4190 231 11281
5. Villupuram 3458873 1002 3452 249 13891
6. Vellore 3936331 1093 3601 337 11681
7. Tiruvannamalai 2464875 898 2745 295 8356
8. Salem 3482056 759 4588 297 11724
9. Namakkal 1726601 565 3056 201 8590
10. Dharmapuri 1506843 518 2909 149 10113
11. Krishnagiri 1879809 511 3679 183 10272
12. Erode 2251744 576 3909 211 10672
13. Coimbatore 3458045 427 8098 188 18394
14. Tiruppur 2479052 554 4475 165 15025
15. The Nilgiris 735394 184 3997 87 8453
16. Tiruchirappalli 2722290 613 4441 218 12488
17. Karur 1064493 264 4032 115 9256
18. Perambalur 565223 238 2375 78 7246
19. Ariyalur 754894 257 2937 108 6990
20. Pudukkottai 1618345 645 2509 205 7894
21. Thanjavur 2405890 588 4092 224 10741
22. Nagapattinam 1616450 477 3389 180 8980
23. Thiruvarur 1264277 397 3185 146 8659
24. Madurai 3038252 539 5637 190 15991
25. Theni 1245899 390 3195 121 10297
26. Dindigul 2159775 686 3148 224 9642
27. Ramanathapuram 1353445 572 2366 173 7823
28. Virudhunagar 1942288 542 3584 264 7357
29. Sivagangai 1339101 519 2580 169 7924
30. Tirunelveli 3077233 840 3663 298 10326
31. Thoothukkudi 1942288 542 3584 264 7357
32. Kanniyakumari 1870374 489 3825 134 13958
TOTAL 72339142 72147030 17340 4161 6010
Source: Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICT-WISE 2016-17 (Contd.)
(Directorate of Medical Education)

Total Popula- Total Popula

Popula-
Beds tion per No. of -tion
District tion
(in bed Doc- Per
(in Nos.)
Nos.) ratio tors Doctor

1. Chennai 4646732 14262 326 2247 2068

2. Kancheepuram 3998252 2303 1736 366 10924

3. Salem 3482056 1642 2121 435 8005

4. Coimbatore 3458045 1682 2056 462 7485

5. Tiruchirappalli 2722290 1498 1817 257 10593

6. Thanjavur 2405890 1646 1462 259 9289

7. Madurai 3038252 2843 1069 478 6356

8. Tirunelveli 3077233 1737 1772 423 7275

9. Thoothukkudi 1750176 1212 1444 301 5815

10. Vellore 3936331 750 5248 211 18656

11. Kanniyakumari 1870374 971 1926 238 7859

12. Theni 1245899 600 2076 205 6078

13. Dharmapuri 1506843 1030 1463 245 6150

14. Villupuram 3458873 591 5853 243 14234

15. Thiruvarur 1264277 550 2299 248 5098

16. Sivagangai 1339101 500 2678 263 5092

17. Thiruvannamalai 2464875 440 5602 250 9860

18 Karur 1064493 380 2801 79 13475

19 Pudukkotti 1618345 360 4495 84 19266

Total 48348337 34997 1381 7294 6629

Source: Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai-10

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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2016-17 (Concld.)
(Director of Medical and Rural Health services (ESI))

Total Popula
Popula- Popula-
Beds -tion No. of
District tion tion per
(in per bed Doctors
(in Nos.) Doctor **
Nos.) ratio*
1. Chennai 2376440 616 3858 140 16975
2. Kancheepuram 831616 0 0 35 23760
3. Thiruvallur 842884 0 0 29 29065
4. Cuddalore 44068 0 0 6 7345
5. Villupuram 18216 0 0 1 18216
6. Vellore 473516 50 9470 37 12798
7. Tiruvannamalai 33456 0 0 5 6691
8. Salem 166688 50 3334 38 4387
9. Namakkal 62592 0 0 11 5690
10. Dharmapuri 39760 0 0 2 19880
11. Krishnagiri 565400 50 11308 31 18239
12. Erode 88616 0 0 10 8862
13. Coimbatore 1107688 0 0 80 13846
14. Tiruppur 589576 0 0 24 24566
15. The Nilgiris 4924 0 0 2 2462
16. Tiruchirappalli 147304 50 2946 27 5456
17. Karur 85936 0 0 4 21484
18. Perambalur 0 0 0 0 0
19. Ariyalur 4064 0 0 2 2032
20. Pudukkottai 28576 0 0 4 7144
21. Thanjavur 81608 0 0 5 16322
22. Nagapattinam 6640 0 0 2 3320
23. Thiruvarur 432 0 0 2 216
24. Madurai 368464 209 1763 56 6580
25. Theni 15128 0 0 3 5043
26. Dindigul 206192 0 0 16 12887
27. Ramanathapuram 1076 0 0 2 538
28. Virudhunagar 741072 100 7411 50 14821
29. Sivagangai 34000 0 0 5 6800
30. Tirunelveli 244464 0 0 16 15279
31. Thoothukkudi 175500 0 0 15 11700
32. Kanniyakumari 260996 0 0 18 14500
Total 9646892 1125 40090 678 356904
* Bed per 10000 ESI Benifi-ciaries
** Doctor 10000 ESI Benifi-ciaries
Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services (ESI), Chennai-6
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14.7 IMMUNISATION PERFORMANCE IN TAMIL NADU 2016-17

(Figures in Lakhs)

Vaccine 2015-16 2016-17

Achieve Achieve
Drugs Target % Target %
ment ment
TTM 11.22 10.31 92 10.98 10.2 93

Pentavalent 10.22 9.68 95 9.97 9.44 95

Polio 10.22 9.73 95 9.97 9.45 95

BCG 10.22 9.45 92 9.97 9.12 91

Measles 10.22 9.88 97 9.97 8.69 87

Source: Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai-6

14.8 INCIDENCE OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES

IN TAMIL NADU

(in Nos.)

2015 2016
Diseases
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths

Diptheria 3 1 0 0

Pertusis 0 0 0 0

Tetanus (Neo) 1 1 1 1

Tetanus (Others) 0 0 0 0

Poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0

Measles 1386 0 547 0

Source: Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai-6

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14.9 INDIAN MEDICINE - HEAD QUARTERS HOSPITALS AND BED STRENGTH
AS ON 01.01.2017
(in Nos.)

Sanctioned
Name of Head quarters Hospital Bed
Strength
1. Arignar Anna Govt. Hospital of Indian Medicine, 275
Chennai
2. Varma Department, Chennai 35
3. Govt. Siddha Medical College Hospital, Palayamkottai 250

4. Govt. Homoeopathy Medical College, Tirumangalam 50

5. Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Kottar, Nagercoil 100

6. Govt.Yoga & Naturopathy Medical college, Chennai 50

7. District Headquarters Hospital, Kancheepuram 25

8. Medical College and Hospital, Vellore 25

9. District Headquarters Hospital, Nagapattinam 25

10. District Headquarters Hospital, Dindigul 25

11. District Headquarters Hospital, Tiruppur 25

12. District Headquarters Hospital, Erode 25

13. District Headquarters Hospital, Cuddalore 15

14. District Headquarters Hospital, Ramanathapuram 15

15. Medical College and Hospital, Thoothukkudi 15

16. District Headquarters Hospital, Pennagram,Dharmapuri 15

17. Medical College and Hospital, Tiruchirappalli 16

18. Medical College and Hospital, Nagercoil 16

19. District Headquarters Hospital, Virudhunagar 16

20. District Headquarters Hospital, Sivagangai 16

21. District Headquarters Hospital, Kumbakonam 16

22. District Headquarters Hospital, Karur 16

23. District Headquarters Hospital, Villupuram 16

24. District Headquarters Hospital, Thiruvarur 16

25. District Headquarters Hospital, Mettur Dam 16

26. District Headquarters Hospital, Namakkal 16

27. Taluk Hospital, Chidambaram 15

28. Non-Taluk Hospital, Kadayanallur, Tirunelveli 15

1160
TOTAL
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14.10 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS HAVING ISM & H
WINGS ATTACHED WITH OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AS ON 01.01.2017

No. of Institutions
Institutions Homo- Yoga &
Ayur-
Siddha eo- Unani Naturo- Total
veda
pathy pathy
Government Medical
College Hospitals 15 3 9 2 20 49
District Headquarters
31 4 20 3 30 88
Hospitals
Taluk Hospitals 190 2 8 - - 220
Under National
4 - 1 - 15
AYUSH Mission
Non-Taluk Hospitals 58 2 - 4 -
Under National 67
2 - - 1
AYUSH Mission
Primary Health
Centres (Regular & 682 77
NRHM)
Under National 5 1 63 54 53 935
AYUSH Mission
Source: The Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy,
Chennai- 106

14.11 REGISTRATION OF INDIAN MEDICINE AND HOMOEOPATHY

PRACTIONERS AS ON 01.01.2017

Under the Under the

Under the
Under the Tamil Nadu Tamil
Tamil Nadu
Board of Homoeo- Nadu
System of Board of
Integrated pathy Siddha
Medicine Indian
Medicine, Medical Medical
Medicine,
Chennai Council, Council,
Chennai
Chennai Chennai
Siddha - - - 9943
Ayurveda 2942
Unani 783
Yoga & 861
Naturopathy
Homoeopathy 5075
TOTAL 4586 5075 9943
Source: The Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy,
Chennai-106
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14.12 SCREENING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER BLINDNESS CONTROL
PROGRAMME 2016-17

Number of students screened (up to March 2017) 1261457

Detected Refractive Errors 77185

Number of students provided with spectacles free of cost 8302
by District-Blindness Control Society 2016-17
Source: The Project Director, Tamil Nadu State Blindness Control Society, Chennai-8

14.13 PERFORMANCE OF CATARACT OPERATIONS

Year Target Achievement %

2006-07 4,80,000 5,08,121 106%

2007-08 5,00,000 5,04,358 101%

2008-09 6,50,000 6,50,092 100%

2009-10 6,50,000 4,88,666 75%

2010-11 6,50,000 5,50,015 85%

2011-12 6,50,000 5,62,200 86%

2012-13 4,18,400 6,17,800 148%

2013-14 4,50,000 5,94,099 132%

2014-15 2,93,000 5,79,741 196%

2015-16 2,40,000 5,23,131 217%

2016-17 2,93,000 5,26,450 180%

Source: Project Director, Tamil Nadu State Blindness Control Society, Chennai-8
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14.14 HIV INFECTED CASES IN TAMIL NADU
NO. OF PATIENTS CURRENTLY ON ANTI RETROVIRAL TREATMENT
( CENTRE WISE CUMULATIVE REPORTED UPTO MARCH 2017)
( In Numbers )

Patients Currently on ART

Name of the Children
ART Centre Male
Fe- TS/
Total
male TG Fe-
Male
male
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

1. JayamKondam 357 456 2 25 25 865

2. Madurai 1781 1334 12 86 68 3281

3. Madras Medical College 1360 986 27 49 40 2462

4. Namakkal 2162 2438 3 96 84 4783

5. Salem 2292 2308 20 173 75 4868

6. Tirunelveli 1380 1266 6 95 76 2823

7. Kilpauk Medical College 721 591 8 48 50 1418

Institute of Obseterics &
8. 328 454 0 6 1 789
Gynaecology
9. Thanjavur 1463 1323 7 86 71 2950

10. Kanniyakumari 576 531 1 24 24 1156

11. Vellore 1475 1660 9 77 72 3293

12. CMC, Vellore 876 749 3 24 18 1670

13. Coimbatore 1619 1531 10 104 78 3342

14. Theni 1326 1349 9 98 80 2862

15. Tiruchirappalli 2410 2453 5 100 109 5077

16. Karur 933 1123 5 46 31 2138

17. Dharmapuri 1461 1649 6 74 61 3251

18. Villupuram 1021 1073 9 72 53 2228

19. Virudhunagar 1186 985 15 39 47 2272

20. Krishnagiri 1238 1677 2 81 81 3079

21. Dindigul 1584 1745 7 90 85 3511

22. Perambalur 791 960 0 47 37 1835

23. Cuddalore 1014 942 4 72 66 2098

24. Thoothukkudi 677 636 2 44 50 1409

25. Institute of Child Health 109 162 1 194 146 612

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14.14 HIV INFECTED CASES IN TAMIL NADU

NO. OF PATIENTS CURRENTLY ON ANTI RETROVIRAL TREATMENT
( CENTRE WISE CUMULATIVE REPORTED UPTO MARCH 2017) (Concld)
( In Numbers )
Patients Currently on ART
Name of the Children
ART Centre Fe- TS/
Male Fe- Total
male TG Male
male
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
26. Tiruvallur 755 816 5 32 29 1637
27. Tiruvannamalai 1188 1280 3 72 82 2625
28. Chengalpattu 375 380 1 21 12 789
29. Stanley 554 424 1 10 6 995
30. Erode 1350 1432 5 32 48 2867
31. Ooty 149 186 0 12 10 357
32. Ramanathapuram 521 441 4 24 11 1001
33. Sivagangai 706 736 1 24 15 1482
34. Pudukkottai 1032 1017 0 46 31 2126
35. Thiruvarur 386 331 2 19 20 758
36. Nagapattinam 462 412 1 32 18 925
37. GHTM Centre Excellence 1967 1497 11 121 94 3690
38. Tiruppur 1025 1115 1 37 30 2208
39. Melur (Madurai) 278 374 0 8 28 688
40. Aathur (Salem) 1069 1366 1 46 32 2514
41. Thiruchengodu (Namakkal) 564 597 4 15 7 1187
42. Manapparai (Trichy) 332 432 0 16 7 787
43. Tirupathur (Vellore) 806 1092 1 39 29 1967
44. Kallakurichi (Villupuram) 632 770 5 43 25 1475
45. Hosur GH 422 511 5 27 27 992
46. Palani GH 303 322 4 7 2 638
47. Pollachi GH 248 235 3 9 3 498
48. Cumbum GH 342 387 0 8 6 743
49. Virudhachalam 624 790 1 39 21 1475
50. Salem – Omalur 523 570 1 14 13 1121
51. Thanjavur – Kumbakonam 134 168 1 8 7 318
52. Madurai – Thirumangalam 536 420 0 18 21 995
53. Harur – GH 136 167 0 4 7 314
54. Rasipuram – GH 229 308 1 6 5 549
55. Tenkasi 175 186 2 4 4 371

Total 47963 49143 237 2643 2178 102164

Source: Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society, Chennai – 8
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14.15 LEPROSY ERADICATION IN TAMIL NADU

( in Numbers)
Cases brought
Year Cases Detection Cases Cured
under treatment

1996-97 63589 57990 49759

1997-98 41970 39122 39133

1998-99 45862 46005 51632

1999-00 62812 62911 56234

2000-01 47350 47327 54216

2001-02 32251 32274 32990

2002-03 24767 24767 28977

2003-04 16051 16051 21658

2004-05 11244 11244 14773

2005-06 6654 6654 7762

2006-07 5316 5316 4858

2007-08 5511 5511 5199

2008-09 5022 5022 4145

2009-10 5046 5046 4170

2010-11 4617 4617 4679

2011-12 4082 4082 4203

2012-13 3550 3550 3464

2013-14 3810 3810 3413

2014-15 3604 3604 3365

2015-16 4925 4925 4228

2016-17 4937 4937 4559

Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services (Leprosy Wing), Chennai-6