Over 30 lakh screened for TB at KGMU

Lucknow: More than 30 lakh people have been screened for tuberculosis (TB) in Uttar Pradesh during the first 10 weeks of the Centre’s 100-day TB-Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, KGMU officials said on Wednesday.

Of these, as many as 1.43 lakh patients, including more than 41,000 who showed no symptoms of the disease, were detected.

The intensive screening campaign has focused on high-risk villages, urban wards, slums and other vulnerable pockets across the state. Treatment has been initiated for all those diagnosed, officials said.

Additional chief secretary (medical and health) Amit Kumar Ghosh, while reviewing the campaign’s progress, directed officials to strengthen efforts in areas where results have fallen short of expectations. He stressed the need for improved micro-planning, intensified door-to-door outreach and wider public awareness activities.