Tamil Nadu health minister Ma Subramaniam
COIMBATORE: Health minister Ma Subramaniam conducted a meeting with representatives of private hospitals in Coimbatore, Tirupur and Erode districts at the Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH) here on Tuesday to discuss the feasibility of using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds to procure vaccines to inoculate the public free of cost.
The minister said they had collected Rs 61 lakh from CSR funds of private hospitals so far and 7,878 people could be vaccinated free of cost with the same.
The meeting was attended by the representatives of 117 hospitals. The minister said the state government was encouraging all private companies to contribute their CSR funds to procure vaccines. The funds would be routed to private hospitals, which would use them to procure vaccines and inoculate the public free of cost.