Resident doctors at PGIMER increasingly catching TB

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Resident doctors at the Chandigarh's tertiary care institute, the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), have been increasingly witnessing a rise in number of TB cases among the resident doctors. Only in the last two years, at least six resident doctors working at the Advanced Paediatrics Centre (APC) got infected with tuberculosis.
The facts are further confirmed statistically, with around 1,300 resident doctors working at the PGI, 2 to 3% (around 40) are suffering or have suffered from TB recently.
The prime reasons cited for this unprecedented rise in number of TB cases is non-availability of healthy diet, long working hours and poor working conditions, as reported in HT.
At the ground level, the situation gets worst in various emergencies areas of the institute. The emergency unit is visited by almost 500 patients daily, who are suffering from TB. This puts the doctors at high risk as the TB bacteria spreads through sneezing or cough.
The facts are further confirmed statistically, with around 1,300 resident doctors working at the PGI, 2 to 3% (around 40) are suffering or have suffered from TB recently.
The prime reasons cited for this unprecedented rise in number of TB cases is non-availability of healthy diet, long working hours and poor working conditions, as reported in HT.
At the ground level, the situation gets worst in various emergencies areas of the institute. The emergency unit is visited by almost 500 patients daily, who are suffering from TB. This puts the doctors at high risk as the TB bacteria spreads through sneezing or cough.
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