Imphal, June 16 NNN : Doctors at the Manipur TB Control Society (MTBCS) at Lamphelpat on Saturday said there is a need of providing proper infrastructure at the society, accusing the state government of lacking political commitment in this regard.
The government has failed to provide requirements of doctors like laboratory technicians and that most of the doctors do not work at the society for long time but are often transferred elsewhere after working a few months, they alleged while talking to reporters at the office of MTBCS here.
Problems are created as most of the doctors do not take enough time to treat TB patients, causing another serious impediment to the newly posted doctors while treating the same patients, they said. Saying that the MTBCS is now in need of technicians, they stressed that TB related societies are more important than any other societies such as HIV/AIDS. They said TB is a kind of disease which required special type of treatment as it can spread easily to other people through normal coughing. Human secretions like saliva and phlegm carry the TB virus and when these things are left without proper care the spread of the virus becomes easy.
Proper flooring of the buildings, hospitals and societies where TB patients are housed is also a must, the doctors said. They said, at the same time some TB patients sometime try to commit suicide because of social discrimination and taboo so the society building has to keep secured by taking up various safety measures like fencing of the building in order to avoid such attempts of the patients.
TB is mostly suffered by people with poor family background and financially constrained, they further maintained and said that a TB patient has to spend at least Rs 2 lakh while undertaking treatment.
For instance, the number of TB cases is recorded higher against normal at the society as there are number of drug resistant patients too who had already treatment but later relapsed as they stopped taking medicines midway. Such negligence on the part of the TB patients in taking a complete course of medication often leads to return to the society for further treatment, they added. The best way to avoid such inconveniences, it is quite necessary that almost all the patients are directly treated by doctors at the centre.
Dr RK Lakshana working at the MTBCS said now the RNTCP has left with only Rs 10 lakh to be sanctioned to the society for development of its infrastructure and other purposes but this amount will not be able to complete all the present requirements of the society. He also appealed the government to provide another Rs 15 lakh to the society so as to complete the infrastructure at the desire level. society seeks atte society seeks atte
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