A two-day national workshop which aimed to increase involvement of medical colleges in the tuberculosis prevention would start here on Friday.
The workshop will be inaugurated at 10.30 am at hotel celebration by the vice chancellor of Ayush and Ayur vigyan University, Raipur Dr GB Gupta. Chhattisgagh Governor Shekhar Dutt will address the concluding ceremony on Saturday.
Apart from Chhattisgarh, representatives of medical colleges located in Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar would participate in the workshop.
Tuberculosis is a chronic bacterial air borne infection which is responsible for millions of active diseases and deaths globally despite an easy availability of cheap and effective treatment.
Tuberculosis patients in Chhattisgarh are being provided free of cost Directly Observed Treatment or DOT and Multi-drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) treatment under National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP).
The Multi-drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDRTB) treatment facility is available only in IRl in Raipur. A sophisticated machine for diagnosis of TB has been set up in Bilaspur which has the ability to provide result within two hours.
The two-day workshop will discuss ways to increase coordination between the Government and medical colleges in the tuberculosis prevention programme.