The District Magistrate reviewed the special tuberculosis detection campaign

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Ghaziabad, May 29 (Hindustan). District Magistrate Rakesh Kumar Singh on Monday reviewed the ongoing special tuberculosis detection campaign in the district. In the meeting, District Magistrate Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bhavatosh Shankhadhar and District Tuberculosis Officer Dr. D.M. Saxena directed to work on ground zero to achieve the goal of TB free India. Line listing should be done in every village and every ward and Jan Arogya Samiti should be activated at village level. There are a total of 294 wards and 164 villages in the district, a separate list of all will have to be prepared and made available within two days.

Dr. Shankhadhar said that apart from preparing a list of tuberculosis patients under treatment in each village, the District Magistrate has also prepared a list of patients who have been cured of TB in two years and this list has been sent to the village head. Instructions are given to share with Ward Member/Councillor. Individuals who beat the disease of TB within two years will be named TB Champions to act as motivators for TB patients.

The District Magistrate has instructed to conduct a concentrated campaign in densely populated TB-susceptible towns like Niwari, Faridnagar, Dasna and Khoda. Dr. D.M. Saxena said the district magistrate has insisted on early detection and treatment of TB patients and the only way to control TB infection is that more and more patients can be detected and brought on treatment in minimum time. Go so that the chain of infection can be broken.

The district magistrate in a meeting with the health department has instructed that any meeting at the block level or district level should be held only after 2 pm. Actually, the time till two o’clock is to meet in OPD or office. If you hold any meeting during this time then the scheduled time will not be available for public. The patient will not be able to get consultation in the OPD, so keep the appointment only after two o’clock.

District Tuberculosis Officer Dr. Saxena said that 3,800 people have been screened so far in the 21-working-day special TB detection drive that began on May 15. 1400 of them showed symptoms and their sputum (mucus) was examined. Tuberculosis was confirmed in a total of 23 cases, besides the X-ray report after clinical diagnosis confirmed TB in six cases. All 29 patients have been treated.