As many as 60,478 patients of tuberculosis have been notified in Haryana this year.
“As of December 14, 2018, 50,707 TB patients have been notified in Punjab and 60,478 patients in Haryana. Out of this, the private sector has notified 13,701 patients in Haryana and 9,550 patients in Punjab,” said Dr Rajan Sharma, Indian Medical Association, national president elect 2019-20.
He said that as of September 2018, 4723 TB patients were notified in Chandigarh, out of which 286 cases were notified by private sector. The number of TB patients notified in Haryana during 2017 was 40,751 and in Punjab, it was 45,313, Dr Sharma said while talking to the mediapersons here.
He said that IMA has taken various efforts to achieve the Government of India’s vision to ‘End TB’. The IMA’s initiatives are part of a joint collaboration with the government to reach out to every private doctor and through them, every TB patient in Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab, he added.
To expand notification further, Government of India has begun a public private partnership against TB called JEET Project (Joint Effort for Elimination of Tuberculosis). Through the engagement of large scale private providers through an interface agency, quality TB care will be seamlessly extended to patients, Dr Sharma said.