Haryana government has decided to provide special benefits to tuberculosis patients in an effort to eliminate the infectious disease by 2025. Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij yesterday said, the state government will provide nutritional support of 500 rupees per month to notified TB patients during their treatment with effect from April 1 this year through Direct Benefit Transfer system.
Free services, including sputum examination and X-Ray, will also be provided to TB patients in government hospitals of Haryana.