Thirumalai Charity Trust is in a unique position to support the healthcare needs of the local community. With a modern hospital and a rural outreach programme, TCT provides a bridge between the two through the addition of its health camps. TCT’s health camps facilitate easy access for the rural people they serve, and each of the medical departments offers camps regularly.

TCT has standardized their first level of service delivery through camps and screening programmes. Their field staff provides the needed follow up care for patients identified and enable the required treatment.

The following medical camps are being implemented:

• Women’s Health and Cancer Screening
• Children’s Health Camps
• Orthopedic, Surgery and E.N.T. camps
• Dental Camps
• Osteoporosis Screening with a Dexa scan
• Diabetes and Hypertension
• Eye Camps
• Cardiac Camps

Many of these patients are offered treatment at subsidized costs or free of charge.

In addition to the camps by TCT hospital, TCT organize monthly eye camps and bimonthly cardiac camps with the Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai. Patients requiring cataract surgery, angiogram and cardiac surgery are treated at Hindu Mission Hospital.