{"id":2593,"date":"2026-05-04T01:51:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T01:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.236.237.24\/?page_id=2593"},"modified":"2026-06-02T08:14:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T08:14:28","slug":"occupational-health-programme-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/occupational-health-programme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupational Health Programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2593\" class=\"elementor elementor-2593\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2df48e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2df48e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea6c894 elementor-widget elementor-widget-hfe-breadcrumbs-widget\" data-id=\"ea6c894\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ul class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs hfe-breadcrumbs-show-home\"><li class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-item hfe-breadcrumbs-first\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-home-icon\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\"><span class=\"hfe-breadcrumbs-text\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b8da15 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b8da15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efb900c e-flex e-con-boxed elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efb900c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7acc748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7acc748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section\">\n\n<!-- HERO -->\n\n<div class=\"nhm-hero\">\n\n<div class=\"nhm-hero-content\">\n\n<div class=\"nhm-tag\">\nOccupational Health Services\n<\/div>\n\n<h2>Occupational Health Programme: Workplace Interventions &#038; Labour MMU<\/h2>\n\n<p>\nIn Tamil Nadu, the un-organized sector work force constitute 93% of the total workforce (Census 2011). They suffer from various occupation-induced diseases like Silicosis, Asbestosis, Deafness, Irritant Dermatitis, Spondylosis etc.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nSince most of the occupation-induced diseases result in irreversible damage, timely screening, prevention and early treatment is the way forward.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-hero-image\">\n\n<div class=\"nhm-highlight-stat\">\n<div class=\"big\">93%<\/div>\nUn-Organized Workforce\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- PROGRAMME OVERVIEW -->\n\n<div class=\"nhm-achievement\">\n\n<h3>\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-universal-access\"><\/i>\nOccupational Health Services for Workers\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>\nGovernment has issued orders for implementation of occupational health services for unorganized sector workers in all 385 blocks through respective MMUs.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- KEY FACTS -->\n\n<div class=\"stat-grid\">\n\n<div class=\"stat-card\">\n<strong>385<\/strong>\nBlocks Covered\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"stat-card\">\n<strong>1,08,707<\/strong>\nWorkers Screened\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"stat-card\">\n<strong>9,675<\/strong>\nWorkers Referred\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"stat-card\">\n<strong>50<\/strong>\nMobile Health Clinics\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES -->\n\n<h3>Common Occupational Diseases Identified<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-grid\">\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\">\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-shield\"><\/i>\n<h4>Silicosis<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\">\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-shield\"><\/i>\n<h4>Asbestosis<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\">\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-shield\"><\/i>\n<h4>Deafness<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\">\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-shield\"><\/i>\n<h4>Irritant Dermatitis<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-feature-card\">\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-shield\"><\/i>\n<h4>Spondylosis<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- MMU SERVICES -->\n\n<h3>Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) Services<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-section-alt\">\n\n<p>\nThe MMUs visit the unorganized sector areas every Saturday and in addition one working day of first week of every month and provide occupational health services to workers.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- SCREENING PERFORMANCE -->\n\n<h3>Screening and Referral Services<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-achievement\">\n\n<h3>\n<i class=\"dashicons dashicons-chart-line\"><\/i>\nPerformance (April 2019 \u2013 July 2020)\n<\/h3>\n\n<p>\nFrom April 2019 to July 2020, 1,08,707 un-organized sector workers were screened, of whom 9,675 workers were suspected and referred to district level hospital for further investigations and treatment.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- LABOUR MMU -->\n\n<h3>Labour Mobile Medical Units<\/h3>\n\n<div class=\"nhm-section-alt\">\n\n<p>\nGovernment has introduced 50 Mobile Health Clinics for providing Occupational Health Services for construction workers.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nThis activity is funded by Department of Labour and Employment and implemented through NHM-TN.\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- CONCLUSION -->\n\n<div class=\"nhm-banner\">\nOccupational Health Programme focuses on early identification, prevention, screening, referral and treatment of occupation-induced diseases among workers in the un-organized sector through a strong Mobile Medical Unit network across Tamil Nadu.\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home Occupational Health Services Occupational Health Programme: Workplace Interventions &#038; Labour MMU In Tamil Nadu, the un-organized sector work force constitute 93% of the total workforce (Census 2011). They suffer from various occupation-induced diseases like Silicosis, Asbestosis, Deafness, Irritant Dermatitis, Spondylosis etc. Since most of the occupation-induced diseases result in irreversible damage, timely screening, prevention [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2593","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nhm.tn.gov.in\/ta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}