623 Tuberculosis Cases Identified in Chitwan District This Fiscal Year, Including 27 Children

Chitwan. A total of 623 people have been found suffering from tuberculosis (TB) in the district during the current fiscal year. Among the TB patients identified during regular testing in the district, 27 are children under the age of 14, four of whom are under the age of four.According to Jayaram Duwadi, TB and Leprosy Officer at the Public Health Office, this infection was detected among the 5,382 people tested since Shrawan. Of these, 287 cases were found to be non-communicable TB and 336 cases were found to be communicable TB. Among the infected, seven cases were found to have...