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- DPHICON 2022, the conference of the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine held in Chennai to mark 100 years of service.
- Tamil Nadu will set up another 200 to 250 primary health centres (PHC) and 2,000 to 2,500 more health sub-centres (HSC) on the basis of population.
- Tamil Nadu had 2,286 primary health centres and urban health centres and 8,713 HSCs.
- As per norms, there should be one HSC for every 5,000 population.
- On the basis of population, the State may need at least 2,000 to 2,500 more HSCs.
- The State has 12,525 village panchayats.
- So, we will need more than 10,000 HSCs while we are having 8,713 HSCs.
- There should be one PHC for every 30,000 population in villages, 20,000 in hill areas and 50,000 in cities.
- The directorate will soon launch a YouTube channel Nalam 360 soon.
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