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MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES
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TUBERCULOSIS
There is considerable incidence of T.B. also in the district. To control and eradicate the disease, under the anti-T.B. or the B.C.G. campaign under which a team works in vaccination, radiography, etc., a combined unit has been created for Amravati and Akola districts. The testing and vaccinating is done intermittently. The first testing was undertaken in the year 1954 and then subsequently in 1958 and 1959. The following table shows the progress of the B.C.G. campaign in Amravati district.
B.C.G. STATISTICS FOR AMRAVATI DISTRICT.
Tahsil |
Number of persons tested |
Number of persons treated |
1954 |
1958 |
1959 |
1954 |
1958 |
1959 |
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
(7) | |
Amravati |
72,232 |
61,979 |
9,468 |
24,143 |
24,429 |
3,725 | |
Achalpur |
-- |
-- |
41,279 |
13,678 |
-- |
17,375 | |
Morshi |
41,246 |
12,280 |
34,131 |
12,752 |
4,870 |
13,261 | |
Chandur Rly |
31,559 |
-- |
56,180 |
10,774 |
-- |
22,594 | |
Daryapur |
57,677 |
-- |
39,907 |
24,959 |
-- |
17,708 | |
Mel ghat |
-- |
-- |
13,215 |
-- |
-- |
4,432 |
Apart from the preventive measures undertaken under the scheme, the Government also takes curative measures. The Gopikisan Ganeshdas Rathi T.B. Hospital at Amravati is run by the Government. Similarly a 50 bed T.B. Hospital where patients suffering from T.B. are secluded and treated is attached to the Irwin Hospital at Amravati. It was started on the recommendations of the Technical Commission of T.B. Association.
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