The first poly-clinic of Star Health and Medical Tourism Pvt Ltd, an associate of Star Health Insurance, India’s only stand alone health insurance company, has been opened in Chennai under the umbrella of Star Clinics.  Mr A.G. Gajapathy, Executive Director of the company said that this move is in line with the plan to establish multi-specialty outpatient treatment facilities in major cities across the country. Tier II and tier III cities will also be covered by the city.  At present Star Clinics have 24 polyclinics in Tamil Nadu and one in Kerala. “The company aims to provide primary healthcare to rural and semi-urban public, and hope to add another six clinics by the end of August. The proposal is to open 100 clinics in the four southern States by the end of this year. “We also hope to set up several such clinics across the country by the end of next fiscal.” The company spends Rs 5 lakh per clinic on an average. “All our clinics, barring a few, are tele-networked.” said Mr Gajapathy. —