GCC to run dialysis centres at Kolathur, Kondithope

Facilities being constructed by CMDA; corpn to bear treatment costs until formal decision on proposal to cover it under CMCHIS is taken

- PRAVEENA S A @Chennai

Minister PK Sekarbabu inspecting

THE Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will maintain and oversee the two dialysis centres which are being constructed by the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) at Kolathur and Kondithope.

It has been proposed that the beneficiaries at the blood purification units should be covered under the Chief Minister's Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS). However, until formal approval for the scheme is obtained, the GCC has decided to bear the dialysis treatment costs payable to Apollo Hospitals, which will operate the blood purification centres.