•      Fri Nov 22 2024
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‘Country reported 70,000 new TB patients last year’

Kathmandu, March 24: The country reported almost 70,000 new patients of tuberculosis in the fiscal year 2079/080 BS. According to the National Tuberculosis Centre, only 37,447 patients received treatment of the total 70,000 new patients reported in the year 2079/080 BS. Likewise, the TB claims 18,000 lives in the country