Doctors and staff of Divisional Railway Hospital, Vijayawada, observed World Tuberculosis Day on the hospital premises on Sunday. The doctors organised an awareness programme on the occasion.
K. Yugandhar, a chest physician and pulmonologist spoke on the symptoms and the consequences of TB. He said that tuberculosis was highly contagious and affects all age groups and the disease spreads through water droplets. The theme of World TB Day 2024 is ‘Yes! We Can end TB’, the pulmonologist said.