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: Tuesday, January 12, 2021, 6:50 PM IST
Mira Bhayandar: MBMC finds 224 tuberculosis and 12 leprosy cases in fresh survey amid COVID-19 pandemic
FPJ Correspondent
The health department of the Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC) under the leadership of civic chief Dr Vijay Rathod has detected a total of 224 and 12 patients suffering from tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy respectively, in a fresh survey which was conducted in two phases from 1 to 31 December, 2020.
The MBMC had set up a target to cover a population of around 3.15 lakh, mainly from the 35 slum clusters, densely-populated pockets, construction sites, hamlets and other far-to-reach places to detect patients with communicable diseases like TB and leprosy across the twin-city. However, the 124 two-member teams comprising Asha Workers, Auxiliary Nurse Midwife (ANM) and medical volunteers managed to screen 2,89,764 people due to locked homes and refusals at some places, prompting the district administration to launc