Three lakh people contract TB in country every year
Health experts have said around 5.70 lakh people are now suffering from tuberculosis in the country and more than three lakh people contract the disease every year. The death figure has shot up to 66,000 per annum in the country from tuberculosis-related diseases, they said while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Regional Tuberculosis Reference Laboratory at Chest Diseases Hospital here on Saturday.
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