F.P. Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ranks four among countries with high incident cases of multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB) as estimated 27,000 new cases are reported every year.
According to available official data, total TB cases incidence rate per year is 525,000 in Pakistan while the figure of TB cases under treatment is 368,589. As many as 160,000 patients are missed from treatment while 56,000 deaths are occurred due to TB in Pakistan every year. National Coordinator TB Control Program Brig Aamir Ikram said that 1571 microscopy centers have been working in the country. He added TB treatment success rate is 93 percent.
He said that the government has paid special attention to this critical issue and strengthened the program for providing a free treatment to TB patients. He said that more than three hundred thousand TB patients are benefiting from free diagnostic and treatment facilities every year in Pakistan.
He said that more than 30 hospitals have been upgraded to take care of multi-drug resistant TB cases and 13 laboratries equipped with state of the art facilities are being established in various parts of the country.
