Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin inaugurated several health department buildings on Saturday in Chennai and Kancheepuram. All these buildings constructed with an estimated cost of Rs 194.65 crores.

MK Stalin gave appointment letters to 236 persons in medical & health department on the day and handed over the medical equipment to the hospital authorities. He handed over equipment like Telecobalt machine worth Rs 1.77 crore at the Arignar Anna Cancer Hospital in Kancheepuram. A laboratory for testing Acute Encephalitis, built at a cost of Rs 5.73 crore at the King Institute and 18 elevators at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital at a cost of Rs 7.75 crore.

The Government Eye Hospital in Chennai constructed at a cost of Rs 65.60 crores at on the occasion of the hospital’s 200^th year. As the existing building lacks space to accommodate many patients, a new six-storeyed apartment building has also been constructed. This building with 150 beds has special eye treatment rooms including outpatient, emergency, eye care, cataract care and retinal care.

A building constructed at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore at the Krishnagiri Hospital and a maternity and child welfare building constructed at a cost of Rs 10.5 lakh at the Hosur Government Hospital in Theni district were also inaugurated on the day. Additionally, battery cars and ventilators worth Rs 15 crore were provided to 74 special infant care units to reduce premature births. Meanwhile, seven more government hospitals received RT-PCR laboratories.