Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre,
UTTARANCHAL
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Premnagar Health Care Centre is visited daily by two to three
people who suspect they might have TB. Once the patient is
diagnosed by the doctor and categorised, the pharmacist then
becomes the DOTS provider and checks that the TB patient takes
his daily medication over a period of six months. Full compliance
by a patient to taking their TB treatment results in a cure,
low compliance can often see the emergence of drug-resistant
TB. It is therefore essential that patients carry on taking
their medication during the full six months, despite feeling
better even as soon as one month after the begin of treatment.
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A young boy, suspected of having TB, waits to give his sputum
sample at Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
A lady, suspected of having TB, waits to give her sputum sample
at Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
A young boy and man, both suspected of having TB, wait to give
their sputum sample at Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre,
near Dehra Dun. |
A young boy, suspected of having TB, waits to give his sputum
sample at Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
Surendra, the centre’s lab technician, explains how to
give a sputum sample at the Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre,
near Dehra Dun. |
An old man gives a sputum sample at the Premnagar Primary Health
Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
A TB patient waits to see the doctor at the Premnagar Primary
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Surendra, the lab technician at the Premnagar Primary Health
Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
Surendra, the centre’s lab technician, explains to a young
boy how to give a sputum sample for TB diagnosis at the Premnagar
Primary Health Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
Premnagar Primary Health Care Centre, near Dehra Dun. |
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