The Government of Tamil Nadu will explore possibilities of offering free vaccines to the public through private hospitals using corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds from private firms, Minister for Health and Family Welfare Ma. Subramanian said in Coimbatore on Tuesday.

Speaking before media person in Walayar on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, Subramanian said that the government would hold meetings with private hospitals that are empaneled under the state government's Comprehensive Insurance Scheme as well as with various private companies and other institutions. The minister said that the private hospitals are not using the vaccines fully, adding that while the Central government is buying 75 per cent of the vaccines manufactured in the country, 25 per cent are earmarked for private hospitals.

The minister said that Tamil Nadu needs 12 crore doses to vaccinate its 6 crore entitled population above 18 years of age, adding that it has already administered 1.82 crore doses out of the 1.86 crore doses it has received so far. Subramanian along with the Municipal Administration Minister R. Sakkarpani, Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan and Coimbatore District Collector G.S. Sameeran visited the houses on the Walayar border to check the control measures against mosquito breeding.

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