COIMBATORE: Chief Minister MK Stalin handed over a medical kit to a beneficiary on Thursday under the ‘Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam’ scheme in Erode, with which the initiative touched upon two crore beneficiaries.

On a two-day visit to Erode, Stalin visited a fifty-eight-year-old Sundarambal's modest asbestos-roofed house in Nanjanapuram village and gave away the medical kit. He also asked the visibly elated woman to take care of her health.

Stalin also visited the house of Vasantha (60) in the same neighbourhood and gave away the medical kit. “Medical staff diagnosed me with high blood pressure during a visit. I am happy to receive medicines directly from the Chief Minister. He also caringly asked me to take better care of my health,” said Sundarambal, whose husband Ramanathan is a security guard in a nearby marriage hall.

Another beneficiary, Vasantha, said she developed complications due to high blood pressure. “The staff from Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam scheme visited my house daily to provide physiotherapy. I am now recovering well,” said Vasantha, a retired noon meal staff whose husband had passed away.

The Chief Minister, who flew down to Coimbatore from Chennai, took the road to reach the village.

He was accompanied by Health Minister Ma Subramanian, Minister for Housing and Urban Development S Muthusamy and district authorities.

Later, the Chief Minister met party functionaries in Mettukadai.