Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said that Haryana has set a target to become the first in the country to be TB-free, ahead of the national target. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the campaign to make India TB-free by the year 2025.
“To achieve this goal, a State Task Force (STF) will be formed, under which government and private sector medical institutes and doctors will work together to make Haryana TB-free,” said the Chief Minister while holding an important meeting with the officers of the health department and private medical institutions here on Tuesday regarding the TB-free Haryana campaign.
The Chief Minister directed the officers to integrate the data of all the private clinics and nursing homes, treating TB patients, by establishing coordination with these institutions, so that the real-time data of all the TB patients in the state can be known and timely treatment can be ensured. He directed the officers concerned to deploy mobile units be in each district to detect TB patients, which would conduct door-to-door TB diagnostic tests.
The Chief Minister said that various initiatives are being focused on to make Haryana TB-free. Under this, efforts are being made for the timely detection of TB, ensuring their treatment and providing nutritious food to such patients during the treatment period of 6 months.
Manohar Lal Khattar further directed the officers concerned to increase the number of Interferon Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) labs in the state.
He also stated that the state government has launched the Nirogi Haryana scheme, under which health checkup is being done in the first phase for families with an annual income of up to Rs 1.80 lakh. So far, medical health checkups of 2 lakh people have been done.