Hoshiarpur - According to the guidelines of Civil Surgeon Hoshiarpur Dr. Pawan Kumar Shagotra under Prime Minister's TB Free India Campaign Dr. Rohit Baruta, Medical Officer at Aam Aadmi Clinic Canal Colony Hoshiarpur under the able guidance of District TB Control Officer Dr. Shakti Sharma, specialist in chest and TB diseases. An awareness camp about TB disease was organized with the support of
In which the people gathered were given detailed information about the symptoms and treatment of TB disease. Addressing the gathering, Dr. Shakti Sharma said that anyone who is having continuous cough for more than two weeks, loss of appetite, weight loss, fever, should go to the nearest government health center. Get your sputum test or any other tests your doctor prescribes. These tests are absolutely free in government hospitals.
If someone is diagnosed with TB, he is treated for free. Along with this, a TB patient gets Rs 500 in his bank account through DBT every month as allowance. Supervisor Kuldeep Singh said that it is an infectious disease that is transmitted from one person to another, so it should be diagnosed and treated on time.
 STS Hariwansh Mehta, ANM Gurwinder Kaur and other staff were also present on this occasion.