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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Tamil Nadu launch baby care kit scheme Tuesday Aug 12,2014


Tamil Nadu’s latest health care initiative comes packed compact in a small kit box. 

On Tuesday Aug 12,2014, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced on the floor of the Assembly that the government would provide an Amma Baby Care Kit to all mothers who deliver babies in any government hospital in the State. 

The kit, which will contain baby and mother essentials post-partum, will include baby towels, napkins, a dress, bedding, mosquito net, oil, nailcutter, soap and soap box, toys, a rattle and hand sanitiser, apart from Sowbhagya Leghyam to build the mother’s health. 

TN CM J Jayalalithaa announced that about 6.7 lakh children born in government hospitals every year would benefit and a sum of Rs. 67 crore had been apportioned for it.

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