Evening clinics to be announced in budget: T.N. Health Minister
Tamil Nadu Health Minister K.G. Arunraj announced that the upcoming state budget will include provisions for new evening clinics. This initiative aims to provide accessible healthcare for working professionals who cannot visit clinics during standard daytime hours.
Why it matters
Expanding clinic hours addresses a significant gap in public healthcare accessibility for the working population.
An announcement to establish evening clinics, on the lines of Amma mini clinics, is expected in the upcoming budget, Health Minister K.G. Arunraj said on Friday. This is to meet a long-felt need for working persons who often find it difficult to access healthcare services during the day.
Mr. Arunraj said that evening clinics were an important public need and demand. “We will definitely implement it and the announcement will be made in the upcoming budget,” he told reporters on Friday.
The Minister was responding to a point on Amma mini clinics that used to function in the evening hours under the AIADMK regime, and how a majority of persons who work felt the need for evening clinics as they had to otherwise depend on morning outpatient services.
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