TB med shortage in other cities too; UP has only 15 days’ worth

Updated On: 22 August, 2023 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | Eshan Kalyanikar

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh are the two states with most TB cases in the country

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For the past few months, several districts in Maharashtra and other states have faced a shortage of essential medicines for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis undergoing treatment at directly observed treatment and short-course centres (DOTS). Notably, the Centre operates a TB elimination programme with the goal of eradicating infectious disease by 2025. The Centre supplies medicines to the states, which are then distributed to municipal corporations and other local bodies.

MiD-Day attempted to contact the Central TB Division under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; however, officials were unavailable for comment. Meanwhile, state TB officer Dr Sunita Golhait stated, “There has been a shortage of medicines for the last two to three months, but we have now given permission to procure them at the district level. We have also released the necessary funds.”

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