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14. MEDICAL AND HEALTH

14.1 Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses 276

Hospitals, Dispensaries, Bed Strength, Doctors and Nurses

14.2 277-278
under the control of Director of Indian Medicine and
Homoeopathy

14.3 Patients Treated for Cancer under Cancer Control 278

Programme

14.4 Medical Institutions under the Control of Directorate of 279

Medical and Rural Health Services
14.5 Services Rendered by the Medical Institutions 279

14.6 Population, Beds and Doctors Ratio District-wise 280-283

14.7 Immunisation Performance in Tamil Nadu 284

14.8 Incidence of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in Tamil Nadu 284

14.9 Indian Medicine - Head Quarters Hospitals and Bed 285

Strength

14.10 Government Medical Institutions having ISM & H wings 286

attached with Out-Patient Department

Registration of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy 286

14.11
Practitioners

14.12 Screening of School Children under Blindness Control 287

Programme
14.13 Performance of Cataract Operations 287

14.14 HIV Infected Cases in Tamil Nadu – Number of Patients 288-289

currently on Antiretroviral treatment
14.15 Leprosy Eradication in Tamil Nadu 290
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14. MEDICAL AND HEALTH

14.1 HOSPITALS, DISPENSARIES, BED STRENGTH, DOCTORS AND NURSES
2017-18
(in Nos.)

D.M & DIR. Grand

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

1. Hospitals 50 330 - 7 387

2. Dispensaries 13 11 - 214 238

Primary Health
3. 0 0 1806 0 1806
Centres

4. Health Sub-Centres 0 0 8706 0 8706

5. Mobile Medical Units 0 0 416 0 416

6. Bed Strength 36881 32235 23496 1125 93737

7. Number of Doctors 7430 4073 6350 695 18548

Number of Nurses
8. ( Including CHN, SHN VHN 9335 7574 19177 523 36609
and SN ) *

* only for DPH

 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 01.01.2018

(in Nos.)

Ayuveda
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, 11 295 9 -
Taluk Hospitals and Non-
Taluk Hospitals
Under National AYUSH
Mission - 6 1 -

4. Wings attached to Primary

Health Centres 25 406 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 2017

i. In-Patients 36685 177265 1377 78112
2802068
ii. Out-Patients 1927337
8
739933 1581058
@ - Doctors working in the combined hospital are attended to the respective system
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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 01.01.2018
(Contd.)
Yoga&nat Homeopat Grant
Classification total
uropathy hy Total
1 2 3 4 5
1. Hospitals 1 4 1 5
2. Dispensaries & Mobile
5 80 5 85
Medical Unit
Under National AYUSH
2 2 - 2
Mission
3. Wings attached to Medical
College Hospitals, District
Head Quarters Hospitals, 81 396 37 433
Taluk Hospitals and Non-
Taluk Hospitals
Under National AYUSH
15 22 1 23
Mission
4. Wings attached to Primary
Health Centres 2 447 6 453

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
109 1074 1135
(NRHM) 51 418 57 475
Under National AYUSH
17 30 1 31
Mission
7. No. of Nurses - 100 - 100
8. No. of Patients for 2017
- 293439 17080 310519
i. In-Patients
ii. Out-Patients 2645260 34914276 1798028 36712304
Source: The Principal Secretary/ Commissioner of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy,Chennai 106
14.3 PATIENTS TREATED FOR CANCER UNDER
CANCER CONTROL PROGRAMME 2017-18

Description Numbers

Cervical Screening 102490

PAP Smear 31009

Breast Cancer 15946

Oral Cavity 9629

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
2016-17 2017-18
Medical Institutions No. of No. of No. of No. of
Hospitals Beds Hospitals Beds
1. District Headquarters
Hospitals
29 8604 29 11776
2. Taluk Hospitals 206 15885 206 17116
3. Non-Taluk Hospitals 68 2746 67 2892
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 0 0 0 0
9. Leprosy Hospitals/Centres 7 70 7 165
10 Rehabilation institute &
1 50 1 50
Medical Health (RIMH)
Total 331 27591 330 32235
Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6

14.5 SERVICES RENDERED BY THE MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS 2017-18

Service rendered In Nos

Average number of In-Patients treated daily 22398

Average number of Out-Patients treated daily 226819

Number of Major Operations performed during the year 220142

Number of Minor Operations performed during the year 1380946

Number of Emergency Cases attended during the year 4904298

Number of Medico Legal cases attended during the year 412472

5699040
Number of Laboratory Tests done
8
Number of X-Rays taken 892157

Number of Post-Mortems conducted 20627

Number of Accident cases treated 264578

Number of Deliveries conducted 182290

Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2017-18
(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 1459 2735 190 21005
2. Thiruvallur 3725697 967 3853 139 26804
3. Cuddalore 2600880 1767 1472 208 12504
4. Villupuram 3463284 1193 2903 176 19678
5. Vellore 3928106 1515 2593 221 17774
6. Tiruvannamalai 2468965 835 2957 114 21658
7. Salem 3480008 945 3683 140 24857
8. Namakkal 1721179 1152 1494 164 10495
9. Dharmapuri 1502900 441 3408 57 26367
10. Krishnagiri 1883731 891 2114 134 14058
11. Erode 2259608 1281 1764 155 14578
12. Coimbatore 3472578 1039 3342 121 28699
13. Tiruppur 2471222 1451 1703 165 14977
14. The Nilgiris 735071 839 876 108 6806
15. Tiruchirappalli 2713858 904 3002 132 20560
16. Karur 1076588 469 2295 46 23404
17. Perambalur 564511 609 927 81 6969
18. Ariyalur 752481 490 1536 62 12137
19. Pudukkottai 1618725 896 1807 101 16027
20. Thanjavur 2402781 1313 1830 127 18920
21. Nagapattinam 1614069 1440 1051 152 9961
22. Thiruvarur 1268094 738 1718 97 13073
23. Madurai 3041038 608 5002 110 27646
24. Theni 1243684 738 169 95 1312
25. Dindigul 2161367 1348 1603 166 13020
26. Ramanathapuram 1337560 1316 1016 146 9161
27. Virudhunagar 1943309 1695 1146 198 9815
28. Sivagangai 1341250 859 1561 106 12653
29. Tirunelveli 3072880 1593 1929 177 17361
30. Thoothukkudi 1738376 888 1958 94 18493
31. Kanniyakumari 1863174 556 3351 91 20474
TOTAL 72138958 32235 2055 4073 16263
Source: Director of Medical and Rural Health Services, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2017-18 (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 6423617 0 0 0 0
2. Kancheepuram 3605475 750 4807 217 16615
3. Thiruvallur 2368589 756 3133 219 10815
4. Cuddalore 2600880 984 2643 221 11769
5. Villupuram 3463284 1296 2672 341 10156
6. Vellore 3926106 1272 3088 355 11065
7. Tiruvannamalai 2468965 1158 2132 292 8455
8. Salem 3480008 1182 2944 324 10741
9. Namakkal 1721179 780 2207 213 8081
10. Dharmapuri 1502900 570 2637 158 9512
11. Krishnagiri 1883731 726 2595 180 10465
12. Erode 2259608 798 2832 218 10365
13. Coimbatore 3472578 678 5122 211 16458
14. Tiruppur 2471222 696 3551 189 13075
15. The Nilgiris 735071 318 2312 100 9017
16. Tiruchirappalli 2713858 834 3254 231 11748
17. Karur 1076588 432 2492 114 9444
18. Perambalur 564511 288 1960 81 6969
19. Ariyalur 752481 402 1872 113 6659
20. Pudukkottai 1618725 858 1887 234 6918
21. Thanjavur 2402781 864 2781 233 10312
22. Nagapattinam 1614069 678 2381 179 9017
23. Thiruvarur 1268094 606 2093 161 7876
24. Madurai 3041038 714 4259 219 13886
25. Theni 1243684 450 2764 124 10030
26. Dindigul 2161367 906 2386 259 8345
27. Ramanathapuram 1337560 714 1873 185 7230
28. Virudhunagar 1943309 726 2677 176 11042
29. Sivagangai 1341250 648 2070 171 7844
30. Tirunelveli 3072880 1188 2587 306 10042
31. Thoothukkudi 1738376 690 2519 187 9296
32. Kanniyakumari 1863174 534 3489 139 13404
TOTAL 72138958 23496 3070 6350 11360
Source: Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Chennai-6
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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICT-WISE 2017-18 (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 14282 325 2341 1985

2. Kancheepuram 3990897 2303 1733 333 11985

3. Salem 3480008 1642 2119 436 7982

4. Coimbatore 3472578 1682 2065 488 7116

5. Tiruchirappalli 2713858 1698 1598 258 10519

6. Thanjavur 2402781 1646 1460 259 9277

7. Madurai 3041038 2843 1070 480 6335

8. Tirunelveli 3072880 2237 1374 422 7282

9. Thoothukkudi 1738376 1212 1434 299 5814

10. Vellore 3928106 750 5237 207 18976

11. Kanniyakumari 1863174 971 1919 250 7453

12. Theni 1245899 726 1716 204 6107

13. Dharmapuri 1502900 1030 1459 245 6134

14. Villupuram 3463284 611 5668 245 14136

15. Thiruvarur 1268094 550 2306 243 5218

16. Sivagangai 1341250 1118 1200 250 5365

17. Thiruvannamalai 2468965 440 5611 252 9797

18 Karur 1076588 440 2447 79 13628

19 Pudukkotti 1618725 700 2312 138 11730

Total 48336133 36881 1311 7429 6506

Source: Directorate of Medical Education, Chennai-10

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14.6 POPULATION, BEDS AND DOCTORS RATIO, DISTRICTWISE 2017-18 (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 2465208 616 4002 140 17609
2. Kancheepuram 892340 0 0 36 24787
3. Thiruvallur 904884 0 0 30 30163
4. Cuddalore 50160 0 0 6 8360
5. Villupuram 17820 0 0 1 17820
6. Vellore 513088 50 10262 39 13156
7. Tiruvannamalai 42432 0 0 5 8486
8. Salem 189144 50 3783 42 4503
9. Namakkal 75728 0 0 12 6311
10. Dharmapuri 25952 0 0 2 12976
11. Krishnagiri 415092 50 8302 30 13836
12. Erode 106068 0 0 10 10607
13. Coimbatore 1220588 0 0 83 14706
14. Tiruppur 585012 0 0 25 23400
15. The Nilgiris 5452 0 0 2 2726
16. Tiruchirappalli 161616 50 3232 27 5986
17. Karur 99600 0 0 5 19920
18. Perambalur 0 0 0 0 0
19. Ariyalur 5368 0 0 2 2684
20. Pudukkottai 30468 0 0 4 7617
21. Thanjavur 84332 0 0 6 14055
22. Nagapattinam 8112 0 0 2 4056
23. Thiruvarur 804 0 0 2 402
24. Madurai 395404 209 1892 55 7189
25. Theni 49960 0 0 3 16653
26. Dindigul 228340 0 0 17 13432
27. Ramanathapuram 3964 0 0 2 1982
28. Virudhunagar 787708 100 7877 51 15445
29. Sivagangai 37336 0 0 5 7467
30. Tirunelveli 268620 0 0 16 16789
31. Thoothukkudi 205168 0 0 17 12069
32. Kanniyakumari 279568 0 0 18 15532
Total 10155336 1125 9027 695 14612
* 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 2017-18

(Figures in Lakhs)

Vaccine 2016-17 2017-18

Achieve Achieve
Drugs Target % Target %
ment ment
TTM 10.93 10.20 93 10.66 9.96 93

Pentavalent 9.95 9.44 95 9.70 9.35 96

Polio 9.95 9.45 95 9.70 9.39 97

BCG 9.95 9.13 92 9.70 9.06 93

Measles 9.95 9.68 97 - - -

MR - - - 9.70 9.27 96

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

14.8 INCIDENCE OF VACCINE PREVENTABLE DISEASES

IN TAMIL NADU

(in Nos.)

2017 2018
Diseases
Cases Deaths Cases Deaths

Diptheria 0 0 0 0

Pertusis 0 0 0 0

Tetanus (Neo) 0 0 0 0

Tetanus (Others) 0 0 0 0

Poliomyelitis 0 0 0 0

Measles 133 0 166 1

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 01.01.2018
(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 350

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

1260
TOTAL
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14.10 GOVERNMENT MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS HAVING ISM & H
WINGS ATTACHED WITH OUT-PATIENT DEPARTMENT AS ON 01.01.2018

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 191 2 8 - 31 252
Under National
4 - 1 - 15
AYUSH Mission
Non-Taluk Hospitals 58 2 - 4 -
Under National 67
2 - - 1
AYUSH Mission
Primary Health
Centres (Regular & 681 77
NRHM)
Under National 5 1 63 54 53 934
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 01.01.2018

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 - - - 353
Ayurveda 3076 134 - -
Unani 809 26 - -
Yoga & 936 75 - -
Naturopathy
Homoeopathy - - 5667 -
TOTAL 4821 235 5667 353
Source: Registrar, TamilNadu Board of Indian Medicine, Arumbakkam, Chennai – 600 106.
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14.12 SCREENING OF SCHOOL CHILDREN UNDER BLINDNESS CONTROL
PROGRAMME 2017-18

Number of students screened (up to March 2018) 7706263

Detected Refractive Errors 171673

Number of students provided with spectacles free of cost 105000
by District-Blindness Control Society 2017-18
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 2,93,000 5,23,131 178%

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

2017-18 2,93,000 4,31,822 147%

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 2018) (Contd)
( 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 435 517 2 22 26 1002

2. Madurai 305 430 0 9 23 767

3. Madras Medical College 1481 1086 35 54 39 2695

4. Namakkal 2181 2621 3 95 96 4996

5. Salem 2397 2529 22 204 81 5233

6. Tirunelveli 1510 1379 8 112 94 3103

7. Kilpauk Medical College 802 680 11 54 53 1600

Institute of Obseterics &
8. 347 508 0 6 1 862
Gynaecology
9. Thanjavur 1562 1505 7 88 91 3253

10. Kanniyakumari 640 624 1 12 15 1292

11. Vellore 1587 1900 10 92 94 3683

12. CMC, Vellore 933 855 4 25 19 1836

13. Coimbatore 1768 1705 8 106 89 3676

14. Theni 1395 1464 12 97 91 3059

15. Tiruchirappalli 2561 2740 5 117 136 5559

16. Karur 954 1230 5 46 32 2267

17. Dharmapuri 1831 7 72 65 3509

1534
18. Villupuram 1126 1218 7 82 65 2498

19. Virudhunagar 1292 1123 17 42 52 2526

20. Krishnagiri 1341 1867 1 80 90 3379

21. Dindigul 1727 1995 9 95 92 3918

22. Perambalur 827 1058 0 53 42 1980

23. Cuddalore 1061 1049 4 78 70 2262

24. Thoothukkudi 734 709 2 51 59 1555

25. Institute of Child Health 129 178 1 194 153 655

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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 821 928 8 36 32 1825
27. Tiruvannamalai 1307 1407 5 77 87 2883
28. Chengalpattu 442 435 2 25 13 917
29. Stanley 665 540 5 12 9 1231
30. Erode 1429 1560 8 34 49 3080
31. Ooty 156 200 0 12 9 377
32. Ramanathapuram 574 497 5 25 12 1113
33. Sivagangai 753 857 1 22 19 1652
34. Pudukkottai 1161 1173 1 52 35 2422
35. Thiruvarur 436 385 2 21 22 866
36. Nagapattinam 527 511 1 35 26 1100
37. GHTM Centre Excellence 2025 1629 13 133 103 3903
38. Tiruppur 1103 1252 3 44 37 2439
39. Melur (Madurai) 305 430 0 9 23 767
40. Aathur (Salem) 1131 1512 1 48 40 2732
41. Thiruchengodu (Namakkal) 587 664 5 18 13 1287
42. Manapparai (Trichy) 361 507 0 16 10 894
43. Tirupathur (Vellore) 898 1247 5 44 37 2231
44. Kallakurichi (Villupuram) 694 922 5 48 37 1706
45. Hosur 513 595 4 31 30 1173
46. Palani 322 346 5 8 3 684
47. Pollachi 262 272 2 12 3 551
48. Cumbum 351 418 0 9 7 785
49. Virudhachalam 724 915 2 38 35 1714
50. Salem – Omalur 586 650 1 16 16 1269
51. Thanjavur – Kumbakonam 173 207 0 8 10 398
52. Madurai – Thirumangalam 1877 1534 13 87 65 3576
53. Harur – GH, Dharmapuri 170 225 0 6 10 411
54. Rasipuram – GH, Namakkkal 289 388 1 8 8 694
55. Tenkasi 247 268 2 7 6 530
Total 51823 55360 281 2838 2476 112778
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

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

2017-18 4277 4277 4135

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