Pratibha Masand, May 13, 2011
MUMBAI: The 'poor man's disease' tuberculosis remains one of the biggest fatal diseases in India's richest city, accounting for nearly 15% of the deaths caused by the top 10 killer illnesses last year.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) says that 8,953 people died of TB in 2010, a considerable drop from the previous year's 9,611. It was followed in the 2010 fatal diseases list by cancer and pneumonia that claimed 5,360 and 4,666 lives, respectively.
Civic authorities say that TB deaths have decreased because of the success of their campaign. "We started the Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS plus) program last year, following which the cases of tuberculosis came down," said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer, BMC.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-13/mumbai/29539608_1_tb-deaths-diseases-multi-drug-resistant-tuberculosis
MUMBAI: The 'poor man's disease' tuberculosis remains one of the biggest fatal diseases in India's richest city, accounting for nearly 15% of the deaths caused by the top 10 killer illnesses last year.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) says that 8,953 people died of TB in 2010, a considerable drop from the previous year's 9,611. It was followed in the 2010 fatal diseases list by cancer and pneumonia that claimed 5,360 and 4,666 lives, respectively.
Civic authorities say that TB deaths have decreased because of the success of their campaign. "We started the Directly Observed Treatment, Short Course (DOTS plus) program last year, following which the cases of tuberculosis came down," said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer, BMC.
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-13/mumbai/29539608_1_tb-deaths-diseases-multi-drug-resistant-tuberculosis
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