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The clinics were the four among 22 wellness clinics allotted for Tamil Nadu.Six months have passed but the wellness clinics remain an ordinary centre without manpower and equipment. However, the officials concerned depute the doctors from regular practice at government AYUSH centres to the wellness clinics to run the show for namesake.Tamil Nadu Siddha Medical Officers Association (TANSMOA) insisted on appointing doctors and creating posts for pharmacists at wellness clinics. The wellness clinics should function for six hours a day for six days a week. The concept of wellness centre for siddha is to provide specialised treatment for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) - hypertension, disease, obesity, heart diseases and all types of cancers. Further, we request the government to create the post of pharmacists in the siddha wellness clinics as it would be difficult for the doctors to issue medicine to the patients," state secretary of TANSMOA Dr B Thamizhkkani told TOI..