TAMIL NADU MEDICAL SERVICES CORPORATION LIMITED

Organisation:

The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited, which was incorporated on 01.07.1994 under the Companies Act 1956, has successfully completed the 9^th year of its operation.? It is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Organization.? The activities of the Corporation has expanded from the procurement and supply of drugs to the medical institutions to that of providing diagnostic facilities, procurement, storage and supply of drugs to the Veterinary Department, procurement and supply of high value equipments to the various medical institutions in the State, and maintenance of Pay Ward & medical equipments.?

Purchase of Drugs and Medicines:

During the year 2003-04, Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited has purchased drugs and medicines worth of Rs. 119.65 Crores through transparent and open tender process.? The availability of drugs for the distribution to the various Government medical institutions through the 24 warehouses in the State is ensured by closely monitoring the stock position and the procurement process.? The stock position in all the warehouses at any point of time is available on the website and in Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited Head Office which can be easily accessed by the medical institutions.

The details of purchase and distribution of drugs and medicines during the year
2002-03 and 2003-04 are given below:

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Storage:

The Corporation has scientifically designed and constructed 23 Drug warehouses at convenient locations in the state for quick movement of the drugs to the medical institutions.?? Action is being taken to construct remaining one Drug warehouse also at Sivaganga.

Distribution:

The medical institutions are provided with passbooks for drawl of medicines, surgical and suture items on the basis of the financial allocation made by their respective Head of the Departments from the warehouses to which they are attached.?

Quality Control:

The Corporation ensures distribution of quality medicines to the Government medical institutions by rigorous quality testing process in reputed analytical laboratories empanelled through open tender system.? The samples from each batch of supply is drawn and sent to the approved laboratories after codification.? Only the drugs, which pass the quality test, are issued to the hospitals.

Computerization:

??????????? The success of the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is mainly due to the well-designed Computer Network System. The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited has established a well knit Computer Network with all the Warehouses. The information from Warehouses are transferred to the Head Office daily through floppies. This has enabled the Corporation to have full control over the stocks available at different Warehouses and also to make available the required medicines to the needy warehouse from the warehouse where it is in surplus. Daily monitoring of the stock position is being done at the Head Office, by which, action is taken either to transfer the surplus drugs to the needy Warehouses or place further purchase orders to replenish the depleting stock. The Computer Hardwares have been upgraded with higher configuration and models. The softwares have also been upgraded from FoxPro to ORACLE for handling high volume of data.

Advanced Diagnostic facilities:

The Corporation apart from its normal functioning of procurement and supply of drugs has expanded its activities by providing advanced diagnostic facilities to the public at very nominal charges.? The Corporation is maintaining 2 MRI Scan Centres one each at GGH, Chennai and GRH, Madurai and nominal charges are collected from the public for Scanning.?

The Corporation is maintaining 35 CT Scan Centres in Government Hospitals and thereby at least 1 CT Scanner is available in each District to serve the public.? The Corporation is charging nominal amount for scanning.

Procurement of Equipments for the hospitals:

The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited has been procuring and supplying Medical Equipments to all the Government hospitals / institutions including Veterinary institutions. During the year 2002-03, the Corporation has procured and supplied medical equipments to various Government hospitals and institutions valuing Rs.16.60 Crores and during the year 2003-04, the Corporation has taken action to procure and supply the following equipments to the various Government hospitals and institutions sanctioned by the Government under Part II Schemes 2003-04.

Special Wards:

(i) GI Bleed and Hepato Biliary Centre; Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai

ISO 9001 certified GI Bleed and Hepato Biliary Centre (special ward) maintained by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is functioning as a separate unit under the Surgical Gastroentrology Department in Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai.? Necessary additional infrastructure facilities are provided by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited out of the funds generated by the Centre.?

(ii) Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Chennai

??????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is maintaining a Paying Maternity Ward in Institute of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Childrens, Egmore, Chennai on a very nominal fee fixed by the Government.? Paramedical and Housekeeping Staff are engaged through outsourcing agencies and the salary is met out of revenue generated in the ward.

(iii) Government Kasturba Gandhi Hospital for Women and Children, Chennai

??????????? Providing infrastructure facilities to establish a Paying Special Class Maternity Ward was taken up by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited as directed by the Government and has commenced functioning on 03.05.2004.

Construction Activity:

(i) Implementation of RCH Project:

??????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited has also implemented World Bank assisted Reproductive and Child Health Project in Tamil Nadu. Under this project, construction of buildings for Rs.6.00 Crores has been undertaken by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited and completed.? Drugs worth Rs.7.00 Crores was purchased by TNMSC and issued to the Medical Institutions.

(ii) Regional Diagnostic Centre:

??????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited has constructed 7 Regional Diagnostic Centres in the state at Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal and Tirupur and the equipments for the above centers are under installation at a total cost of Rs.21.00 Crores funded under Eleventh Finance Commission, Government of India

(iii) Accident and Emergency Ward (Trauma Care Centre ):

??????????? Construction and purchase of equipments for Accident and Emergency Ward at Tindivanam, Ambur, Krishnagiri, Sriperumpudur and Kovilpatti has been taken up at a total cost of Rs.2.93 Crores funded by Home Department.

CPC Rate Contract:

??????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited, under Central Purchase Committee System by adopting open tender system has finalized rate contract for 3078 Nos. of equipments required for 14 departments in Government Medical Institutions for the period 2002 - 2004.

Maintenance of Medical Equipments available in Government Hospitals:

??????????? Government of Tamil Nadu has entrusted the responsibility of maintaining Medical Equipments available in all the Government Hospitals in the State.? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is in the process of putting a proper system in place for taking over the maintenance of medical Equipments in all the Government Hospitals in the State.

Consultancy Services:

The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is a role model on Drug Logistics and warehousing for the whole of the country.? Many states in the country are emulating the principles followed by this Corporation.? The Feasibility Study Report on Drug Logistics to Warehousing for the Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Andrapradesh has been finalized and furnished.

??????????? Health and Family Welfare Department, Government of Rajasthan has approached Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited, for undertaking the Feasibility Study on Drug Logistics and Warehousing.? The consultancy work is under progress.

Tamil Nadu Health Website:

The Government of Tamil Nadu has launched a Web site tnhealth.org. which provides all information regarding various health activities under the Health and Family Welfare Department.? The Website also provides Health chat between 4.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. daily.? The site also has a Bulletin Board where public can access the Medical Specialists for getting expert opinion.? The Website is maintained by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited.

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