Trichy, Sep 26: Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian today said all medical aspirants who took the NEET exam this year would be given professional counseling by a team of mental health professionals.

This followed the suicide of three students in the state who feared that they would fail in the exams.

Talking to reporters after inspecting a mega vaccination camp here, he said of the 1,10,971 students, who took the NEET exam this year, 80 percent have spoken to a team of 333 professionals at least once.

This effort by the government was an attempt to provide guidance to students and parents in the wake of recent suicides by three students.

Of the 80 percent students, 20 percent seem to be under stress and are being regularly monitored by the team, the Minister said. (UNI)