Free chest X-ray facility in Punjab Government hospitals for TB patients

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Punjab government on Friday said it has launched free X-ray facility for suspected TB patients in all government hospitals with an aim to eliminate tuberculosis from the state by 2025.The government has also decided to provide nutritional supplements to the patients of Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) TB free of cost, Health and Family Welfare Minister Brahm Mohindra said.He said instructions have been issued to all civil surgeons to ensure free of cost chest X-ray service to the suspected TB patients. 

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