Chennai: Health Minister Ma Subramanian announced on Friday that the Tamil Nadu government will gradually expand treatment for children with type 1 diabetes to all state-run hospitals, starting with three more cities.

Currently, children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes receive treatment in seven district government hospitals, he added.

"A scheme to provide treatment to children affected by type 1 diabetes in Tamil Nadu was introduced by the late Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in 2008. To date, 5,064 children ailing with type 1 diabetes are being treated under this scheme," the minister for Health and Family Welfare said, news agency PTI reported.

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