Dimapur, March 29 (MExN): Dimapur district observed World TB Day at Hotel Saramati under the theme ‘Wanted: Leaders for a TB Free World’ with health workers and commercial pharmacists under Dimapur on March 24.
During the programme, Dr. Talituba Ozukum, DTO Dimapur highlighted the scenario of TB cases in the district. He oriented the participants on scheduled H1 medicines as directed by the Government of India. With the recent issue of a gazetted notification by the Union Ministry in regard to penalization of unreported TB patients by health workers, including pharmacists, Dr. Talituba urged the commercial pharmacists to maintain a separate register for H1 drugs. Format for record register maintenance was also distributed. It was mentioned that reports of Scheduled H1 medicines will be collected from all pharmacies regularly. Informing that GoI aims to eradicate TB from the country by 2025, he requested the health workers and private pharmacists to take the leadership in this endeavour.
Dr. K. Vikato Kinimi, who was the chief guest, said, “We are fortunate to be in a generation where TB is curable and the Government of India is providing free diagnosis and free treatment to all TB patients.” He urged the participants to assist the health department in giving systematic treatment to reduce the chances of resistance to TB medicine. He also requested the health workers and private pharmacists to take responsibility and continue educating the patients to complete the full course of TB medicine and help eradicate TB from the country.
The programme, chaired by Dr. Panger, MOTC, was attended by program officers, staff under CMO and DTO offices, commercial pharmacists and representatives from Prodigals Home and Chavara Home.
