TB: DOTS Plus programme soon in 11 districts

BHUBANESWAR: To take the fight against multi drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) a notch ahead, the State Government today announced that the DOTS Plus programme would be extended to 11 more districts soon.
The directly observed therapy shortcourse (DOTS) Plus programme is currently provided in three districts of Cuttack, Khurda, Ganjam and the Capital city of Bhubaneswar through the DOTS plus site at the SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack. The new district to be included are Puri, Nayagarh, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj and Balasore within this month and Dhenkanal, Angul, Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Jajpur by the end of August. They would be covered by the DOTS Plus site at the SCB Medical College and Hospital.