Chettinad Foundation

Chettinad Health City is committed to serving the community around it. CHC's well-planned outreach programs, 112 so far, have benefited over 2 lakh individuals of all ages in the surrounding villages. With services like immunization camps, camps for prevention of blindness, early detection of cancer, adolescent camps, and diabetic camps, CHC is closely associated with international and local NGOs who help to assess the requirements of the community. Since CHC believes in "Healthcare for All", economical solutions with specialist consultations and state-of-the-art facilities including accommodation are offered to all. CSR activities include: Services include general medical camps, speciality camps (for cardiac diseases, or tailor-made programs for a particular community), school health camps, health awareness camps, National Health Programmes. As a part of the Government's Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS), CHC conducts regular check-ups for adolescent girls in rural areas by checking their Haemoglobin, and offering Counselling and Nutritional Supplements. CHC regularly conducts School Health Check-ups where screening for Eye Problems, Dental Hygiene and a Pediatric check are done. Correction of refractory error, and dental extractions and fillings are done free of cost for the children. CHC also runs a scheme offering a free general medical check-up, cardiology screening, and a dental check-up for people in rural areas. With the help of NGOs, CHC conducts five free rural camps every month in and around Kancheepuram. It also has a rural health centre at Poonjeri. Urban Health Centres are being run in the Tsunami-hit area at Semmancheri where about 100 patients are treated free every day, and also at Karappakkam.