A RESOUNDING NO!
in my experience.
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Not everyone believes that the free medication helps patients complete treatment. Umesh Patel, a general physician in Mehsana, treats about 60 patients a year, and only about 15 complete the treatment. He believes that free medicines are “not worth it” because patients do not “value” them“If a family pays for the medicines, they will ensure that the patient takes the medicines,” he said. Only the poorest patients should get free medicines, not every TB patient who comes to a clinic, he said.
I agree 100 %
Source: PATH, World Health Partners and Revised National
Tuberculosis Control Program
More TB Cases In Private
Sector Registered With Govt. After Pilot
Notification Rate (Per
100,000 population)
Year
|
2013
|
2015
|
Mehsana
|
20.1
|
128
|
Mumbai
|
23
|
141
|
Patna
|
1.5
|
283
|
India
|
3.1
|
14.38
|
It is interesting to note more patients in poorer patna go to Private sector than in Mumbai.
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