Via DNA India: TDR-TB in Bangalore: Where’s the committee, Mr SA Ramdas? Excerpt:
The three-member committee which was supposed to have been formed to probe into Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) cases in Bangalore, has not yet been formed despite two such clinically-tested confirmed cases coming to light. One of the patients is still absconding.
Following the reports published in DNA on January 11 about the two confirmed cases of TDR-TB, SA Ramdas, the minister for medical education, health and family welfare, had said a three-member committee would be formed to probe into the matter.
However, no such committee has been formed to date, which shows just how seriously the state government is taking this disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a new strain. There is no drug anywhere in the world to stop this evolved bacterium. The committee was supposed to probe and submit a report on the status of TB in Karnataka.
