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Mental Health A Priority! Tamil Nadu CM Launches Initiative To Assist Medical Students With Psychological Support
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Tamil Nadu, 23 Dec 2022 9:06 AM GMT
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TN launched the MaNaM initiative statewide to assist medical college students with psychological support. The government aims to prevent suicides among students and also to tackle their mental health issues.
The Tamil Nadu (TN) government led by Chief Minister (CM) MK Stalin launched the Mananala Nallaatharavu Mandram (MaNaM) initiative on Thursday (December 22), which aims to promote the mental health of students from medical colleges by providing them with psychological support.
Along with the initiative's launch, the CM has green-flagged 75 upgraded ambulances of the GVK EMRI 108 ambulance service at the cost of ₹ 22.84 crore, which comes equipped with modern tech-backed devices effective in saving lives.
சென்னை கீழ்பாக்கம் அரசு மனநல காப்பகத்தில் நடைபெற்ற நிகழ்ச்சியில் 36 அரசு மருத்துவ கல்லூரிகளில் மாணவர்களின் மனநலத்தை வலுப்படுத்தும் 'மனநல நல்லாதரவு மன்றங்கள் (மனம்)" மற்றும் "நட்புடன் உங்களோடு – மனநல சேவை (14416)" ஆகியவற்றை மாண்புமிகு முதலமைச்சர் @mkstalin அவர்கள் தொடங்கி வைத்தார் pic.twitter.com/qrxzkuck27
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The CM also inaugurated the intermediate care centre for the Institute of Mental Health's inmates. According to officials, it comes with 14 rooms which are said to be established at the cost of ₹ 2.36 crore with modern facilities. Further, 'The Half Way Home', which is functioning to accommodate the recovered patients who were not accepted by their families, has also been upgraded.
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According to the state health minister, Ma Subramanian, the initiative aims to reduce and prevent suicides and suicidal tendencies among medical college students. It will be done by addressing the mental health issues of medical students from 36 state-run medical colleges, reported NDTV.
Under this initiative, the government will rope in peer counsellors to pick up students suffering from mental distress to provide them with psychological support. A team would also be made consisting of a professor and ten students in each medical college for the same purpose.
The health minister, Ma Subramanian, mentioned, "Initially, MaNaM will be implemented in all the medical colleges and gradually expanded to the arts and science colleges.". The CM also rolled out a helpline number- 14416 for the students under the MaNaM initiative. He also unveiled a plan to upgrade the Institute of Mental Health to the Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences.
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