Rs.17 crore granted to Tuticorin Medical College

V.K. Subburaj, Secretary, Tamil Nadu Health and Family Welfare Department, said that the modalities for implementation of the Rs.2500-crore scheme to provide modernised infrastructure to medical colleges with hospitals in the State were being worked out. Among the grants made recently to medical colleges, he listed Rs.17 crore granted to Tuticorin, Rs.24 crore to Thanjavur and Rs.5 crore to Stanley Medical College in Chennai. The project of computerising and providing upgraded infrastructure to the district and taluk hospitals at a cost of Rs. 480 crore was expected to be completed in a year.