The Governor of Arunachal Pradesh – Brig. (Dr.) B.D. Mishra (Retd) has handed-over food baskets to tuberculosis patients at Raj Bhavan here.
The Governor, a Ni-Kshay Mitra of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, has adopted two TB patients in the northeastern state. Mishra advised his adopted TB patients to take healthy and nutritious foods.
According to a Raj Bhavan statement, Mishra, who will be providing prescribed food baskets to his adopted patients every month, has appealed to them to maintain a healthy lifestyle and include yoga in their daily routine.
Advised the patients to take healthy and nutritious foods and also asked them to maintain healthy lifestyle and to include Yoga in their daily routine. pic.twitter.com/w6Os3EarJM
— Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) (@BrigMishra) October 18, 2022
Advised the health officials to go for door-to-door awareness visits and educate TB patients to practice healthy way of life. He emphasized that the officials must reach out to the people and disseminate information about PMTBMBA, so that the affected people can make use of it. pic.twitter.com/FIfmTpswY5
— Brig. (Dr.) B. D. Mishra (Retd.) (@BrigMishra) October 18, 2022
The Governor also appealed to the masses, particularly well-to-do individuals, corporate houses, and social activists, to adopt TB patients and make personal contributions to make India a tuberculosis-free country.
He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced in 2018 that India would eliminate TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global deadline of 2030.
Mishra also advised the health officials to go for door-to-door awareness visits and educate TB patients to practice a healthy way of life.
It’s worth noting that the ‘Ni-Kshay Mitra of Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’ launched by President – Draupadi Murmu aims to meet the ambitious goal of eliminating TB from the nation by 2025.
