Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Around 450 TB Deaths Reported In Sri Lanka Annually

Around 450 persons in Sri Lanka are
dying due to Tuberculosis(TB) annually and 100 of them are from Colombo District according to the Colombo District TB Officer Dr.November. Ratnayake.

Almost one fourth of the total number of TB Patients reported in Sri Lanka annually is  from.Colombo District he has stated .

Around 8113 TB Patients have been reported in the island during last year and from.January to March this year around 450 TB patients recovered in the island Dr.Ratnayake has stated during a Media Briefing held in Health Education Bureau in Colombo this morning (20).

However when compare to other countries in the region Sri Lanka is the country which have lowest TB Prevelence rate it has been revealed during the briefing.

Making aware the public on the Disease is the better solution to prevent spreading it in the society Dr.Keerthi Gunasekare has stressed.

The International TB Day falls on 24 the of March .

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