The HC was hearing a plea moved by NGO Social Jurist, a civil rights group seeking directions for providing an ultrasound machine and medicines to treat TB patients at MCD-run hospital Rajan Babu Institute of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis (RBI PMT).
The treatment of drug-sensitive tuberculosis consists of two months of four drugs available as 4FDC (Isoniazid, Rifampicin, Ethambutol and Pyrazinamide) followed by two months of three drugs available as 3 FDC (Isoniazid, Rifampicin and Ethambutol). Anti-TB Medicines: Media Reports Claiming Shortage of Anti-TB Drugs Are False and Misleading, Says Government.