The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Rangpur

Speakers at a meeting at Pirganj stressed the need for bringing all tuberculosis (TB) patients under the direct treatment of short-course (DOTS) programme to eradicate the TB from society.

Pirganj Upazila DOTS committee, BRAC and upazila administration jointly organised the meeting of upazila DOTS committee under the National TB Control Programme at Upazila Parishad auditorium yesterday.

Presided over by District Manager of BRAC Rabindra Nath Sarker, the meeting was attended by Civil Surgeon of Rangpur Dr Abdur Rahim as the chief guest.

Medical Officer Dr Shahjahan, Junior Consultant Dr Minhajul Islam, Upazila Primary Education Officer Nobez Uddin, Medical Officer of BRAC Dr Tahmina Rahman, District Health Education Officer Liyakat Ali and BRAC Upazila Manager Nizam Uddin were present as the special guests.

Upazila level government officials, NGO activists, UP chairmen and members, local elite, members of upazila DNOTS committee and journalists took part in the meeting.

The speakers on the occasion said that massive public awareness campaign should be conducted through collective efforts for popularising and making the DOTS method successful for TB patients treatment.