District-level conference held to fete participants honoured at State-level

 

 

Bringing pride, Jabalpur district was honoured under various paramenters of the Tuberculosis Eradication Program during the felicitation ceremony chaired by MP Governor and presence of the State Chief Minister as chief guest. Following which, a district level conference was organised in the auditorium of TB Hospital in the presence of Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr. Sanjay Mishra on Friday, in which participants honoured at the State-level for doing excellent work were felicitated. District TB Officer Dr Santosh Singh Thakur, DLO Dr Paras Thakur, District Media Officer Ajay Kureel, DPC Sunil Sharma were present.

 

It may be mentioned that a 100-day Nishchay Shivir campaign was organised between December 7, 2024 and March 24, 2025 under the guidance of State-level senior officers, Collector Deepak Saxena and Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Sanjay Mishra and leadership of District TB Officer Dr Santosh Singh Thakur. To ensure its success, various camps were organised in inaccessible, remote areas of the district, during which Nishchay camp was organised in every HWC of the district.

 

In the district, X-ray tests of potential TB patients were conducted at the inaccessible areas with the help of hand-held X-ray machine and nutritious food was distributed to the TB patients by creating new Nikshay Mitras. Banners/posters/video-audio messages were broadcast to create awareness about TB among the public through IEC. During the programme, around 43000 X-ray tests and about 27000 CB-Note tests were done and 5700 food baskets were distributed to the TB beneficiaries by 800 Nikshay Mitras. Community Health Officer, Bargi block, Nisha Marko and social worker Meenesh Jain were felicitated at state level for their excellent efforts at the state level in presence of Governor, Health Minister and two senior officers. District department head Dr Sanjay Mishra, District Tuberculosis Officer Dr Santosh Thakur, District Program Coordinator, Sunil Sharma were also present at the said state level felicitation ceremony.