Provide daily drug doses to TB patients: SC to Govt
New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Centre to replace after nine months the current practice of giving three dosages of medicine a week to tuberculosis patients, with daily doses.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, passed the order, saying all new patients should be administered daily dosage regimen of tuberculosis (TB) medicines after the expiry of a period of nine months.
The current dosage of thrice a week shall not remain in practice in any condition and as far as possible, the new drug regime be implemented, the bench, also comprising Justices N V Ramana and D Y Chandrachud, said.
It asked Additional Solicitor General Maninder Singh, appearing for the Centre, to ensure that efforts are made so that the patients across the country are administered the new dosage regimen, recently approved by World Health Organisation (WHO) to curb relapse of deadly disease and deaths during treatment.
The apex court bench, while passing the directions, disposed of a PIL filed by doctor and TB specialist Raman Kakkar, seeking change in the protocol for treatment of TB in the country.
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