Central team alerts Ballari administration to tuberculosis deaths in district
The Hindu
They found that the tuberculosis death rate in the district is 7.2% while the national average is 5%
A team of health experts that visited Ballari recently on the directions of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for getting firsthand information on the prevalence of tuberculosis, has alerted the administration about the high rate of tuberculosis deaths in the district.
The team was headed by Dr. Tarak Shah and comprised Dr. Suresh Shastri, Dr. Shazia Wafai, Dr. Gulfam Ahmed Hashmi, Dr. Nischit and Dr. Devigan. They visited various hospitals across the undivided Ballari district for three days last week and collected information from hospital authorities, patients and their relatives.
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