Department of Health and Family Welfare (Tamil Nadu)

The Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu is a department of Government of Tamil Nadu responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services in Tamil Nadu. Its undertakings include National Health Mission – Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation, Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation and Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu.[3][4] It is headquartered in Chennai.

Department of Health and Family Welfare of State of Tamil Nadu
Agency overview
JurisdictionTamil Nadu
HeadquartersChennai
Employees121,221 (2019)[1]
Annual budget₹15,773 crore (US$2.2 billion) (2020–21)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Dr J. Radhakrishnan IAS, Chief Health Secretary to Govt
  • Dr S. Natarajan IAS.,, Joint Secretary to Government
  • Thiru Sivagnanam, I.A.S.,, Joint Secretary to Government
Parent agencyGovernment of Tamil Nadu
Websitetnhealth.tn.gov.in

Sub - Departments
Name Website
National Rural Health Mission Tamil Nadu http://www.nrhmtn.gov.in/
Tamil Nadu Health System Project(TNHSP) http://www.tnhsp.org/
Directorate of Medical Education - List of Tamil Nadu Government's Medical Colleges http://www.tnhealth.org/dme/medicaleducation.php
Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services http://www.tnhealth.org/dms/mrhs.php
Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine http://www.tnhealth.org/dph/dphpm.php
Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy http://www.tnhealth.org/imh/im.htm
Directorate of Family Welfare http://www.tnhealth.org/dfw/dfw.php
Directorate of Drugs Control https://web.archive.org/web/20121014124408/http://www.tnhealth.org/drugcontrol/
Tamil Nadu State Health Transport Department https://web.archive.org/web/20121022142933/http://www.tnhealth.org/tshtd.htm
Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society http://www.tnhealth.org/tsaids.htm
Tamil Nadu State Blindness Control Society http://www.tnhealth.org/tsbcs.htm
DANIDA Health Care Project https://web.archive.org/web/20121022145554/http://www.tnhealth.org/danida.htm
Department of Food Safety & Drug Administration (Food Safety Division) https://web.archive.org/web/20121009133136/http://www.tnhealth.org/FoodSafety.htm

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Undertakings & Bodies
Name Website
Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited (TNMSC) http://www.tnmsc.com/
Transplant Authority of Tamil Nadu (TRANSTAN) https://transtan.tn.gov.in/
Medicinal Plant Farms and Herbal Medicine Corporation Ltd (TAMPCOL) https://www.tn.gov.in/detail_contact/4807/5/

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Present Ministers for Health and Family Welfare

Former Ministers for Health and Family Welfare

See also

References
  1. "Performance Budget of Health and Family Welfare Department - 2018-2019" (PDF). tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Budget Analysis 2020-21". PRSIndia. 2020-02-26. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  3. "department | Tamil Nadu Government Portal". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. "Health Directorates". tnhealth.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. "Sub - Departments under BC, MBC & MW Department". www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  6. "Organisations under the Health and Family Welfare Department" (PDF). www.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
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