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76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support

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76% of TB patients received payment for nutritional support

The percentage of TB patients in nine States who received at least one instalment of Rs.500 increased from 57% in 2018 to 76% in 2022 | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto If in 2022 only 1.6 million (66%) of the 2.4 million notified TB cases received at least one month’s payment of ₹500 under the Ni-kshay…

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TB patients must also be screened for prediabetes 

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TB patients must also be screened for prediabetes 

“One in two tuberculosis patients either has diabetes or pre-diabetes, that is every other TB patient has some sort of glucose metabolism disorder, shows our research,” says Dr. Vijay Viswanathan, senior Chennai-based diabetologist and President of Prof. M. Viswanathan Diabetes Research Centre.  Dr. Viswanathan has done extensive research involving patients which are affected by both…

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