DC Poonamdeep Kaur’s Major Initiative to Make Faridkot TB-Free: Social Service Organizations and Industrial Units to Shoulder Responsibility for Patients…
Faridkot (Alexander D’Souza): With a firm resolve to completely rid the district of Tuberculosis (TB), Deputy Commissioner Madam Poonamdeep Kaur has taken a significant step. During a special meeting held under her chairmanship, government departments, industrial units, and social service organizations were brought together and assigned specific responsibilities for the eradication of TB.
Organizations to ‘Adopt’ Patients: The Administration’s New Strategy—During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner made a heartfelt and administrative appeal, calling upon all stakeholders to ‘adopt’ TB patients. She clarified that medication alone is not sufficient; rather, patients are in dire need of nutritional support and continuous monitoring.
“The administration’s primary objective is to ensure that no TB patient in the district is deprived of treatment due to a lack of resources. To this end, patients have been allocated to various organizations so that personalized assistance can reach every individual”: Poonamdeep Kaur, DC Faridkot.
Key Organizations Extend a Helping Hand:
Various units present at the meeting pledged their full participation in this noble cause.
These primarily include:
The General Manager (Industries) and Factory Association, Agarwal Seva Samiti, Modern Marbles, the Kotkapura GM Club, and other local social organizations. Government Facilities and the ‘Nikshay Mitra’ Scheme—District TB Officer Dr. Leena Chopra Bhalla provided detailed information regarding the symptoms of the disease and its prevention. She informed the attendees that TB testing and treatment are available completely free of cost at government hospitals.
Meanwhile, State Program Officer Dr. Jaskirat Singh shed light on the Central Government’s ‘Nikshay Mitra’ scheme, explaining how ordinary citizens and organizations can become a part of this campaign by donating towards the nutritional needs of patients. Key Features of the Campaign:
Priority Focus: Nutritional Support — Patients will be provided with regular kits of nutritious food throughout the course of their treatment.
Regular Follow-up: NGOs and industrial units will conduct regular monitoring of the patients’ health.
Awareness: People will be sensitized about the disease at both the village and block levels.
Attendees:
Present on this occasion were District Family Welfare Officer Dr. Mandeep Kaur, Dr. Harmeet Singh, Dr. Malkit Singh, Gulshan Kumar, Roshan Singh, along with other senior officials and staff members of the Health Department.
News Date: 28-3
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