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TN only state to offer govt insurance for bariatric surgery: Vijayabaskar
Tamil Nadu is the only state providing insurance cover under the Chief Minister’s Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme for bariatric surgeries, State Health Minister C Vijayabaskar said on Thursday.

Chennai
Addressing the beneficiary meeting of patients who underwent bariatric surgery under the Comprehensive Health Insurance Scheme (CMCHIS) at GEM Hospital in the city, Minister Vijayabaskar said the insurance cover for bariatric surgeries is a first of its kind initiative in the country under the Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project. Many States are in the process of following the State’s model on the same, the Minister added.
Bariatric surgery refers to laparoscopic procedures performed with the intent of treatment of morbid obesity, Type-2 diabetes and relatedco-morbidities.
GEM Hospital had recently completed 100 successful bariatric surgeries under CMCHIS and the Health Minister was invited to the beneficiary meeting for the same on Thursday.
“With lifestyle diseases emerging to be the major killer of this century, bariatric surgery has evolved to be a boon for many suffering from these diseases that is refractory to lifestyle modifications and medical management alone. Hypertension, infertility, sleep apnea, cardiac illness and eventual increase in morbidity and mortality, chances of Type-2 diabetes are some of the ill effects of obesity. Any treatment relating to this disease is a life-saving procedure. We have already completed over 100 such procedures that has resulted in improved quality of life in patients,” said Dr Praveen Raj, Head, Department of Bariatric Surgery, GEM Hospital.
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