The State Government will work with various medical education institutions and hospitals to achieve the goal of TB-free India by 2030, District Tuberculosis Officer Iranna Dharwadkar said in Vijayapura on Monday.
He said that the BLDE hospital has been included in various schemes to diagnose and provide treatment for patients with tuberculosis and resistant tuberculosis, completely free.
He said that the Government has set up costly equipment to trace and treat the disease. He requested all senior citizens not to ignore signs of illness and to take the benefit of government schemes.