Free chest X-ray for suspected TB patients

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 29

In a bid to eliminate tuberculosis from the state by 2025, the state government has launched a novel initiative of free-of-cost X-ray to diagnose suspected TB patients in all government hospitals of the state.

The state government has in principle also decided to provide the nutritional supplements to the patients of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) TB free of cost from the state funds.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra said today that instructions had been issued to all civil surgeons to ensure free-of-cost chest X-ray service to the suspected TB patients. He said soon patients of MDR TB would be provided the fortified nutritional supplement. Besides, the MDR/XDR patients would be eligible for getting benefits under the Atta-Dal scheme and be issued blue cards by the government.