Over 4000 TB patients recorded in Nagaland

Dimapur: Nagaland and Mon district have more than 4000 TB patients with the highest number.

Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Department Commissioner and Secretary Y Kikheto Sema said this during a visit to Moon District Hospital.
Sema also said that India has the highest number of TB patients in the world and the country aims to eradicate the disease by 2025.

The Nagaland health official added that WHO, under the Sustainable Development Board, plans to eliminate TB by 2030.
He described Moon District Hospital in Nagaland as one of the best hospitals in terms of infrastructure.
Sema also appealed to the doctors, nurses, officers and citizens of Mon to cooperate in the construction of Mon Medical College in Nagaland.

Sema was accompanied by Nagaland Health and Family Welfare Minister P Paiwang Konyak during her visit to the hospital.