Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Tamil Nadu Expands NCD Screening Program to Small Businesses
Tamil Nadu is starting a new health program to check for diseases at work.
This means that people who work at small businesses and offices will be able to get checked for problems like diabetes and high blood pressure.
The program wants to reach about 600,000 workers in 7,750 different places.
This new program builds on an older one, which already checked many workers in factories.
The goal is to make sure that workers stay healthy and catch any problems early.
There's also a separate program, taking healthcare to people's homes, which has already helped millions of people.
Tamil Nadu expands its workplace NCD screening program to include small businesses and offices.
The initiative aims to screen nearly 6 lakh employees in 7,750 enterprises.
The program expansion was announced by the Health Minister during the launch in Guindy.
The Thozhilalargal Thedi Maruthuvam program, launched in January 2024, previously screened 390,111 employees.
The government's Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme has benefited over 23 million people.
- Who
- The Tamil Nadu Health Department, targeting employees in small businesses and offices.
- What
- Expansion of workplace-based, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) screening program.
- When
- Launched on Thursday, June 6, 2025
- Where
- Across Tamil Nadu, with the launch at an establishment in Guindy Industrial Estate.
- Why
- To screen working men and women for non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
- Target Employees
- 6 lakh
- Target Enterprises/Offices
- 7,750
- Thozhilalargal Thedi Maruthuvam Launch
- January 2024
- People Screened (Previous Program)
- 390,111
- Newly Diagnosed (Diabetes/Hypertension)
- 30,506
- Beneficiaries (Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam)
- 23,488,431