Tamil Nadu’s public healthcare steps in as workplace injuries expose insurance gap among migrant workers
Migrant workers in Tamil Nadu are increasingly relying on the public healthcare system following severe workplace injuries, highlighting a significant lack of insurance coverage. Medical professionals note that many of these workers suffer from life-threatening trauma while lacking the financial protection to cover long-term rehabilitation.
Akash Kumar lay quietly on a hospital bed, his world turned upside down by a workplace accident involving a steel-cutting machine that had left him with a severe limb-threatening injury behind his left knee. With no family by his side, the 19-year-old from Bihar struggled to understand the flurry of conversations around him, held back by a language barrier in an unfamiliar place.
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