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Nalam Kaakkum Stalin health camps

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Health screening camps covering many medical specialties were rolled out across Tamil Nadu by Chief Minister Stalin.

Chief Minister M. K. Stalin inaugurated the 'Nalam Kaakkum Stalin' scheme on 2 August 2025 at St. Bede's Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Mylapore, in Chennai. Through camps arranged specially throughout the state, it offers comprehensive health check-ups, sparing people the cost of full-body examinations at hospitals. Specialist consultations are available in fields including general medicine, surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology, cardiology, neurology, psychiatry and the Indian systems of medicine.

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