Tamil Nadu officials say service if to stop people taking loans they can not afford or opting for other methodsA south Indian state has become possibly the first in the world to offer publicly-funded breast implants,its health minister arguing, “Why should beauty treatment not be available to the poor?”The Tamil Nadu state health department on Wednesday launched the free service at a clinic in the capital Chennai. “whether we don’t offer [the procedure for free], and they may opt for risky methods or take enormous loans for it,” said C Vijaya Baskar, the state health minister. Related: Breast implants: the first 50 years Related: 'I have to be taller': the unregulated world of India's limb-lengthening industry Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com