‘Gender guidance clinic’ for the benefit of transgender population inaugurated at CMCH

Dr Nirmala, Dean, CMCH inaugurated the clinic for the welfare of the third gender population.


Coimbatore: A state-of-the-art ‘Gender guidance clinic’, a multi-speciality clinic for the benefit of transgenders was inaugurated at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital ( CMCH) premises.

Dr Nirmala, Dean, CMCH inaugurated the clinic for the welfare of the third-gender population.

Dr BP Ramanan, Head Plastic Surgeon, said, "This is an exclusive initiative in favour of the third gender. This multi-speciality clinic will offer all treatments including psychiatric assistance, plastic surgery and gender switch guidance for transgenders”.



More than 50 transgender people along with their association leaders took part in the inaugural ceremony held at CMCH.

While talking to Simplicity, Dr Nirmala said, "This is a remarkable initiative to support and extend healthcare to the third-gender community. This clinic has been established under the TN Chief Minister's Health Insurance Scheme in association with the National Health Mission (NHM) free of cost."

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