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Move to popularise helpline

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Stickers to be pasted at the entrances of slums

— Photo: V.Ganesan

A lab technician collecting blood sample at the launch of the Chennai Corporation facility in Pulianthope on Thursday.

CHENNAI: To popularise the Chennai Corporation helpline, 1913, among those living in slums, the civic body will paste stickers with the number and details of services that could be accessed, at the entrances of slums, Mayor M.Subramanian said on Thursday.

He was speaking after launching a facility under which blood samples would be collected by the Corporation from the doorstep of residents free of cost.

Those advised by doctors to get their blood tested could use this facility by calling the helpline. The helpline could also be used to lodge complaints such as mosquito menace, non-functioning of lights and road cuts. “The stickers would have pictorial representations so that slum-dwellers could easily understand and use the 1913 service,” Mr.Subramanian said. The State government had also announced that a similar blood collection scheme would be launched.

Corporation Commissioner Rajesh Lakhoni said that 10 lab technicians had been appointed for collecting blood samples.

Residents unable to go to laboratories for tests, including diabetes tests on empty stomach, could call 1913 and place request for lab technicians to be sent to their homes.

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