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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