“The initiative taken by the corporator of L ward is indeed noble. Mr Tandel also roped in civic-run Bhabha Hospital for guidance, and they helped him devise a diet plan for the patients. Such an initiative is already underway in city’s L Ward, i. “The major reason for TB is the lack of proper nutrition, and many TB patients in my ward are too poor to afford a nutritious diet,” said Mr Tandel. Corporator of L ward Vijay Tandel, started providing free diet supplements — boiled eggs and biscuits — to TB patients after he noticed that most of the patients from his area were from Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.If things go as planned, tuberculosis (TB) patients in the city, who are entitled to free medicines under the Revised Nation TB Control Programme (RNTCP), will also get free food supplements at the directly observed treatment (DOT) and DOT Plus centres across the city. Govandi region.According to the BMC, the city records around 30,000 TB and 3,200 multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB cases every year, Windows Profiles Company and the 24 DOTS centres, cater to over 28,000 TB patients. But for it to be replicated across the city will need some kind of framing of policy. However, according to Mr Tandel, the hospital authorities prohibited him from free distribution after a while, following which he sent a request to additional municipal commissioner, BMC, Manisha Mhaiskar.. We are looking at the idea positively and we will also consult the state government on the same and devise a full-fledged programme to be implemented for the TB patients across the city,” said Ms Mhaiskar.e. “She liked my idea and allowed me to officially carry out this exercise,” Mr Tandel said. He began distributing the biscuits and eggs in October 2012 at the Matoshri maternity home, Chunabhatti, where more than 40 TB patients were admitted. Taking a cue from the L ward, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is contemplating to replicate the model at all its DOT centres in the coming year, in consultation with the state government, across the city.

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