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Observance of World TB Day


Chandigarh, 22nd March 2018: World TB Day was observed today at Employees State Insurance, Dispensary, Sector-29, Chandigarh, catering to 109340 number of insured persons with 546700 number of beneficiaries.
Chandigarh Administration is committed to control the tuberculosis disease in UT Chandigarh. In Chandigarh, 5590 number of patients have been diagnosed during the year 2017 against the target of 3480 given by the Central TB Division, Govt. of India, New Delhi, thereby achieving a target of 158 percent. The success rate of TB patients undergoing treatment is 91 percent.

These patients were diagnosed in the Health Facilities comprising of Govt./Private Sector.  The diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis/ Multi Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is being provided free of cost at all the Govt. Health Institutions.

In Chandigarh, the DOTS Plus Site for MDR Cases has been set up at GMCH-32, Chandigarh. The DOTS Plus Site of Chandigarh is also catering to five Districts of Haryana i.e. Ambala, Panchkula, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra and Kaithal. Chandigarh has been adjudged as first among UTs in the country.
Online registration of all TB patients taking treatment under DOTS has been started under NIKSHAY.  Under TB-HIV co-ordination, all TB patients are referred to ICTC Centres for HIV Counseling and Testing; free of cost.  Active case finding activity was done in the month of July 2017 and all HR are in position.
Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary-cum- Health Secretary flagged off the Mobile Van for Active TB Case Finding given by the GOI. The Van is fully equipped with Gene Xpert for doing advanced test for TB at the door step of the patients in order to screen the population residing in the urban slums and re-habilitation colonies of Chandigarh in order to make Chandigarh free from tuberculosis in the coming years.  The supplementary nutrition packets were distributed to the TB patients on treatment to improve upon their immunity.
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