Shame on us that court has to direct treatment. We don't see evidence and change our practice. The supreme court has directed the center to replace after nine months the current practice of giving three dosages of medicine a week to tuberculosis patients, with daily doses.
A bench, headed by Chief Justice, passed the order, saying all new patients should be administered daily dosage regimen of tuberculosis (TB) medicines after the expiry of a period of nine months. The current dosage of thrice a week shall not remain in practice in any condition and as far as possible, the new drug regime is implemented, the bench, also comprising Justices said. It asked Additional Solicitor General, appearing for the centre, to ensure that efforts are made so that the patients across the country are administered the new dosage regimen, recently approved by World Health Organisation (WHO) to curb…
