OUR CORRESPONDENT
TEZPUR: A community awareness and sensitization programme held at Harchurah TE in Sonitpur district. The programme was chaired by Dr. Sanjoy Roy, District Tuberculosis Officer, Sonitpur. Dr DD Goswami, Senior Medical Officer briefed about the sign, symptoms and treatment procedure of TB. Joydeep Roy, District PPM Coordinator, briefly discussed about importance of Nikshay Poshan Yojna.
Attending the programme, Santosh Sarma, STS, Balipara TU, discussed about the social responsibilities of the participants in eliminating TB. In the presidential speech, Dr. Sanjoy Roy, DTO stressed the importance of understanding the need of eliminating TB as it was affecting the tea garden population the most. He also added that in Balipara TU, the maximum numbers of TB cases were diagnosed from tea gardens.
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