The Hindu and State health department offer master health check-up for newspaper vendors

The Hindu Group organizes master health check-up for newspaper vendors in Chennai, promoting healthy lifestyle practices and early diagnosis.

Around 300 newspaper vendors from across the city underwent master health check-up on Friday, in a joint initiative of The Hindu Group of publications and the State health department.  

The event was organised as part of The Hindu’s146th anniversary of the founding day on Friday. The Hindu Group celebrates the anniversary as ‘Values Day’. 

The master health check-up (MHC) will be available until October and will benefit 3,000 vendors across the city.  

The aim is to sensitise the vendor community, who are from financially disadvantaged sections with limited access to social security, about the significance of healthy lifestyle practices and being proactive about their health issues, besides providing support to those in need of interventional treatment.  

Health Minister Ma. Subramanian distributed medical reports to those who had undergone the health check-up and said master health check-ups should be done periodically. It has been especially necessitated post-COVID 19 pandemic, Mr. Subramanian further said.  

“The government introduced cancer screening in four districts — Kanniyakumari, Tirupattur, Erode and Ranipet — which have dyeing units, leather tanning industries, and rubber estates. In the last six months, 110 new cases of cancer have been identified. Early diagnosis has given us an assurance that their lives can be saved,” he said.