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IN NATIONAL / BY NATIONAL / ON JULY 7, 2016 AT 8:59 PM /
If the latest survey conducted by NGO Praja Foundation is the yardstick to measure the BMC?s war against tuberculosis (TB), then the civic body has failed miserably.
As per the findings of the survey, about 33,000 patients have succumbed to TB from 2011-2015. However, the BMC?s figures for the same period stand at 6,383.
The NGO has accused the civic body of keeping the actual figures under the wraps.
The survey also revealed that last year, TB claimed 5,680 lives in comparison with 6,589 lives in 2014. This means that on an average, 15 TB patients died every day in 2015. However, the BMC?s reply to an RTI query puts the TB death toll at 1,459 for 2015 and 1,351 in 2014.
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BMC?s TB, malaria deaths data inaccurate?
HT Correspondent | Updated: Jul 08, 2016 12:09 IST
MUMBAI: The number of tuberculosis (TB) and malaria-related deaths reported by the Mumbai civic body in the past five years were up to six times less than the actual figures, according to an RTI filed by Praja Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), which put out a white paper on the issue on Thursday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation?s (BMC) TB control unit has reported 6,838 deaths between 2011 and 2015. But the data sought by the NGO found that there were 34,914 TB-related deaths during the period.
Similarly, the BMC?s malaria surveillance report shows 178 deaths, however, the RTI found 1,137 deaths during the same period. The data was based on an analysis of death certificates issued by the BMC?s public health department in the past five years.
?The BMC only records malaria and TB-related deaths that occur in civic-run hospitals, under their disease control programmes. They do not look at the deaths reported in private hospitals and clinics,? said Nitai Mehta, managing trustee, Praja. ?It is ironic that both these statistics are from the BMC.?
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IN NATIONAL / BY NATIONAL / ON JULY 7, 2016 AT 8:59 PM /
If the latest survey conducted by NGO Praja Foundation is the yardstick to measure the BMC?s war against tuberculosis (TB), then the civic body has failed miserably.
As per the findings of the survey, about 33,000 patients have succumbed to TB from 2011-2015. However, the BMC?s figures for the same period stand at 6,383.
The NGO has accused the civic body of keeping the actual figures under the wraps.
The survey also revealed that last year, TB claimed 5,680 lives in comparison with 6,589 lives in 2014. This means that on an average, 15 TB patients died every day in 2015. However, the BMC?s reply to an RTI query puts the TB death toll at 1,459 for 2015 and 1,351 in 2014.
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BMC?s TB, malaria deaths data inaccurate?
HT Correspondent | Updated: Jul 08, 2016 12:09 IST
MUMBAI: The number of tuberculosis (TB) and malaria-related deaths reported by the Mumbai civic body in the past five years were up to six times less than the actual figures, according to an RTI filed by Praja Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), which put out a white paper on the issue on Thursday.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation?s (BMC) TB control unit has reported 6,838 deaths between 2011 and 2015. But the data sought by the NGO found that there were 34,914 TB-related deaths during the period.
Similarly, the BMC?s malaria surveillance report shows 178 deaths, however, the RTI found 1,137 deaths during the same period. The data was based on an analysis of death certificates issued by the BMC?s public health department in the past five years.
?The BMC only records malaria and TB-related deaths that occur in civic-run hospitals, under their disease control programmes. They do not look at the deaths reported in private hospitals and clinics,? said Nitai Mehta, managing trustee, Praja. ?It is ironic that both these statistics are from the BMC.?
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