New cases of tuberculosis continue to surface despite efforts from the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Program (RNTCP), instituted to control the disease.
At Directly Observed Treatment Short-course (DOTS) centers in Varanasi district, 5,279 new TB patients were registered till February end in 2010-11, whereas 5,542 TB patients were registered in 2009-10. The district has 519 DOTS centers.
R.S. Verma, the chief medical officer (CMO) said, the district health department has an annual target to treat 5,630 TB patients. More cases are of multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB).
