{"id":104187,"date":"2025-04-22T17:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/aiadmk-mla-criticizes-government-for-shutting-down-amma-clinics-raising-concerns-over-healthcare-access-4\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T17:41:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:11:01","slug":"aiadmk-mla-criticizes-government-for-shutting-down-amma-clinics-raising-concerns-over-healthcare-access-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/22\/aiadmk-mla-criticizes-government-for-shutting-down-amma-clinics-raising-concerns-over-healthcare-access-4\/","title":{"rendered":"AIADMK MLA criticizes government for shutting down Amma clinics, raising concerns over healthcare access."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development, AIADMK MLA, P. Vetrivel, criticized the government for its decision to shut down several Amma clinics in Chennai. Vetrivel expressed his disapproval during a legislative assembly session, stating that these clinics provided crucial healthcare services to the underprivileged sections of society. The closure of these clinics, according to him, would negatively impact the healthcare access for many residents in Chennai. The Amma clinics were established by the former Chief Minister, J. Jayalalithaa, as part of her welfare initiatives to provide affordable and quality healthcare to the public. Vetrivel urged the government to reconsider its decision and find alternative solutions to ensure that healthcare services are not compromised for the vulnerable population. The shutdown of these clinics has sparked a debate among political circles and the public, with many questioning the government&#8217;s motives behind such a move. The fate of the Amma clinics remains uncertain as the government faces mounting pressure to address the concerns raised by Vetrivel and other critics. Stay tuned for more updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent development, AIADMK MLA, P. Vetrivel, criticized the government for its decision to shut down several Amma clinics in Chennai. Vetrivel expressed his disapproval during a legislative assembly session, stating that these clinics provided crucial healthcare services to the underprivileged sections of society. The closure of these clinics, according to him, would negatively [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":104188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28.jpg",402,229,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28.jpg",402,229,false],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28.jpg",402,229,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28.jpg",402,229,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-120497024imgsize-6426-28.jpg",402,229,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/category\/just-in\/\" rel=\"category tag\">JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}