CM asks ministers, lawmakers to adopt one patient each
With a resolve to eradicate tuberculosis from Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has urged ministers and lawmakers to adopt a TB patient each and help in achieving the target to make the state free of TB by 2025.
“You do not need to keep the child (suffering from TB) at home. All a person needs to do is to keep a check on the child,” the chief minister said while addressing an event at Vidyagyan School in Kasmanda block of Sitapur on the occasion of World Tuberculosis Day.
Post-adoption, each TB patient will be entitled to Rs 500 per month for nutritious diet and the money will be directly transferred to the patient’s account.
CM Yogi Adityanath also appealed to the people suffering from tuberculosis to complete the full course of TB treatment, which was absolutely free in the state.
The chief minister also virtually inaugurated regional RTPMU established in Gorakhpur and honoured the district tuberculosis officers of the five districts. Besides, he laid the foundation stones for construction of drug warehouses in 21 districts, including Sitapur, Mirzapur, Sambhal, Pratapgarh, Hapur, Ballia, etc. He also said that drug store centres would be built in Fatehpur, Basti, Rae Bareli, Farrukhabad, Auraiya, Barabanki and Varanasi.
The chief minister also inaugurated 25 digital X-ray machines and 451 TrueNat machines which will increase the Covid testing in the state and launched LPA (Line Probe Assay) labs established in Gorakhpur and Meerut.
