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BMC does not have data on TB patients from private hospitals
Updated On: 07 November, 2018 10:50 AM IST | Mumbai | Rupsa Chakraborty
Responds to mid-day's RTI query saying its website is still under construction and information is not available
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All data regarding TB patients from private hospitals and clinics, must be submitted to the central government to know the actual figure of TB patients. Pic for Representation
The new rules of the central government dictate that all data regarding TB patients from private hospitals and clinics, must be submitted to it for compilation to know the actual figure of TB patients. Failure to do so could attract action against them including imprisonment. But as per the recent response to an RTI filed by mid-day, the newly launched website of the TB department of Mumbai, Nikshay, is still under construction and the data is not available.
In March 2018, the ministry of health and family welfare issued a notification which stated that failure to notify TB cases could land doctors in jail. The notification further stated that any clinical establishment — doctors, laboratories, pharmacists, chemists and druggists — that fails to notify tuberculosis patients, will be booked under Sections 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code. Section 269 pertains to a 'negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life', and carries a jail term of upto six months or a fine or both. Section 270 refers to a 'malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life', and invites imprisonment that may extend to two years or a fine or both.
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