Kolkata,
Medical Department of South Eastern Railway observed World Tuberculosis Day on 24th of March, 2025 at the Central Hospital auditorium at Garden Reach.
Eminent Pulmonologist Dr. Nandita Ghosh Dastidar has delivered a presentation on pulmonary tuberculosis, its causes, precautions, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, just after a short introduction by Dr. Mukta Mandal Roy, ACHD of Central Hospital.
Seven successful TB warriors who had shown enough courage to fight against tuberculosis and overcome the dreaded disease to come back to normal life thereby setting examples to the society at large, have been felicitated with fruit baskets and protein bars just as a token of appreciation and motivation by the medical authorities.
Dr. Anjana Malhotra, Principal Chief Medical Director/SER presented a run through on the successful activities of the department during the last 100 days of intensified tuberculosis elimination programme.
Shri Soumitra Majumdar, AGM/SER motivated the TB warriors and appreciated the medical department as a whole or their continuous endeavour in fighting against tuberculosis and to eradicate this precarious disease from the society for good, keeping in line with the theme TB Mukt Bharat and this year’s TB day theme – Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver.
Dr. K. Sreekumar, Medical Director, Central Hospital, Garden Reach signed off with his vote of thanks for the medical fraternity and the Railway Administration.
