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??????????? The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation? was incorporated under the Companies Act. 1956 on 01.07.1994, and has obtained? ISO 9001-2000 certification.
The Corporation is administered by its Board of Directors. With effect from 19.06.2004, a Chairman has been appointed to this Corporation who is also one of the Directors of the Board. The day today administration of the Corporation is looked after by the Managing Director.
ACTIVITIES:
The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited ensures the ready availability of quality drugs, medicines, surgical and suture materials to the Government Medical Institutions throughout the State .
Procurement, Storage and Distribution of Veterinary Drugs
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The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is also procuring and distributing the? drugs, Chemicals and Liquid Nitrogen??? to the Government Veterinary Hospitals under the control of the Director of Animal Husbandry?? throughout the State by adopting a streamlined procedure for their procurement, storage and distribution.
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??????????? The Drugs and Medicines are distributed to the Government Medical Institutions through 24 Drug Warehouses in Tamil Nadu by a pass book system based on the financial allotment made by the respective Heads of Departments.
The Corporation is maintaining 35 CT Scan Centres in Government Hospitals and 2 MRI Scan Centres one each at Government General Hospital, Chennai and Government Rajaji Hospital, Madurai to provide scanning facility to the public on? nominal charges.
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ISO 9001 certified ?GI Bleed and Hepato Biliary Centre (special ward ) maintained by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation? is functioning as a separate unit under the Surgical Gastroentrology Department in Government Stanley Hospital, Chennai.? Required infrastructure facilities are provided by Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation out of the funds generated by the Centre. Also the Staff Nurse and House keeping personnel are engaged through outsourcing agencies and their salary is met from the funds generated by this centre.?
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Maintenance of?? Special Class Maternity Pay Ward? in?? Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children (I.O.G.)
The Maintenance of Maternity Pay Ward in IOG, Egmore, Chennai8 has been entrusted with Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited, and this ward has commenced functioning from 19.02.2003 onwards and Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation is effectively maintaining the Ward in the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Government Hospital for Women and Children, Egmore, Chennai.
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??????????? The financial control of implementation of Master Health Checkup Scheme in Government General Hospital, Chennai was brought under the purview of the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation from 01.04.2001 onwards and the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation is effectively running the scheme in the Government General Hospital, Chennai.
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The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation has taken up construction of 7 Regional Diagonostic centers in the State and Accident and Emergency Ward (Trauma Care Center) at 5 places in the State in addition to the construction of warehouses for Tamil Nadu Medical Service Corporation, 8 Urban Health Posts and 21 Health Sub Centers and improvement works in 35 Primary Health Centers and 70 Health Sub Centers in Madurai and Theni Districts under the World Bank assisted Reproductive and Child Health Project.
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Central Purchase Committee Rate Contract Finalization
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The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation has finalized Rate Contract (CPC System) through Open tender system for the purchase of Equipments & accessories required for 19 departments in Government Hospitals consisting of about 3078 items for the period 2002-2004. The Medical institutions can directly place purchase orders with the approved firms for the supply of required equipments and accessories at the approved rates depending upon the budget provision.
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The hi-tech and hi-value medical equipments required for the Government Hospitals are procured and supplied by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation.
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Consultancy Services
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The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation is the role model in Drug Logistics and Warehousing for the whole country. Many States in the country are emulating the principles followed by this corporation.? This Corporation has successfully completed the consultancy work for the Government of Andhra Pradesh.?? The Government of Rajasthan approached this Corporation for taking up consultancy work. Honble Minister for Health, Government of Jammu and Kashmir visited this corporation and informed that they would adopt the systems and principles followed by the Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation.
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??????????? The Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation Limited is procuring 257 drugs and medicines, 63 Surgical and 92 Suture items from reputed manufacturers, selected on the basis of transparent open tender system.? Similarly the Corporation is procuring 130 drugs, Chemical and liquid Nitrogen for the Animal Husbandry Department.? The Warehouse-wise requirement of drugs, placing of supply orders and distribution of drugs are monitored through a well-knit computer system.
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??????????? ?The Corporation has established a Quality Control Section to ensure quality of drugs procured through the Corporation.? The Quality Control Section draws samples from each batch of supply and gets them tested in reputed analytical laboratories (selected through open tender system) to ensure the quality of drugs.? Only the drugs, which pass quality tests are issued to Hospitals.
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??????????? The Government Medical Institutions are provided with passbooks based on the allotment made by the respective Heads of Department and the institutions can draw their requirement of medicines etc.? from the warehouse to which they are attached.? The Corporation maintains about 3 months ground stock of drugs in the warehouses for ensuring uninterrupted supply to hospitals.
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WEBSITE
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??????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services? Corporation? is maintaining the Health & Family Welfare Department Website (tnhealth.org ). This Website provides Health chat between 4.00 P.M and 6.00 P.M where public can access the specialists for getting expert opinion.
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1.????????????????? The Corporation is serving medicines to dispensaries attached to the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board, Municipalities, Corporation, Panchayat union, Prison Department and Police Medical Hospitals, Juvenile Homes, Rehabilitation Homes, dispensaries attached to Co-operative Sugar Factories, Veterinary Institutions, Transport Corporation etc.
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2.????????????????? Tamil Nadu Medical Services Corporation has also taken up the construction of 7 Regional Diagnostic Centres in the state (Building and Equipment) at Thiruvannamalai, Villupuram, Pudukottai, Virudhunagar, Ramanathapuram, Namakkal and Tiruppur at a total cost of Rs.21.00 Crores funded by Government of India.
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3.????????????????? A sales counter is being established at Kilpauk Medical College ,? to sell the Life saving Drugs to the general Public as per the direction of? Government.?
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4. ???????The work of maintenance of equipments in Government Hospitals has been entrusted to this Corporation.?
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