Governor Lieutenant General Gurmeet Singh (Retd) attended the award ceremony as the chief guest under the “TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan” organized by the National Health Mission, Uttarakhand at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday. On this occasion, the Governor honored 13 Nishchay Mitras who adopted TB patients and helped them recover by providing regular monitoring and mental support. He also honored 13 treatment supporters by giving them mementoes, who worked at the ground level, regularly monitored the treatment of patients and took proper care of them. *(List attached)* During this, the Governor also honored the districts of Dehradun, Champawat and Rudraprayag for doing excellent work towards TB elimination. He also honored the ‘TB Champions’ who recovered from TB disease and provided nutrition kits to the adopted TB patients.
The Governor said in his address that TB elimination is not possible only through government efforts, but public participation and collective resolve are necessary for this. He said that people who have recovered from TB are real warriors and can become an inspiration for the society. On this occasion, the Governor appreciated the efforts of all the people working in the field of TB eradication, NGOs and Health Department and said that due to the hard work of all these people, our state is among the leading states.
The Governor informed that he too has got the privilege of becoming a Nishkashaya Mitra, and till now he has adopted 75 TB patients, out of which 62 patients have fully recovered. He appealed to the capable people of the society to also come forward and become Nishkashaya Mitra and give momentum to this campaign. He urged the Health Department that no patient should be deprived of treatment due to lack of information. It should be ensured that the campaign reaches the last end and every patient gets proper care and treatment. The Governor expressed hope that with the combined efforts of all, we will be successful in making the state TB free in 2025.
The Governor expressed hope that with the combined efforts of all, we will be successful in making the state TB free in 2025. On this occasion, Health Minister Dr. Dhan Singh Rawat said that our goal is to make Uttarakhand completely TB free by 2025 and to play a leading role in this national effort. We are committed to achieve this goal and are making every effort for this. He said that a comprehensive campaign will be launched across the state from August 01, 2025 for TB Free Campaign. Under this campaign, special camps will be set up in the wards of all Nagar Panchayats and all councilor wards of Municipal Corporations. The objective of these camps will be to identify TB cases at the community level, ensure their treatment and spread awareness.
Secretary Shri Governor Shri Ravinath Raman, Secretary Health Dr. R. Rajesh Kumar, Additional Secretary Shri Governor Smt. Reena Joshi, Director General Health Dr. Sunita Tamta, Director Medical Education Dr. Ashutosh Sayana, Chairman Red Cross Society Dr. Naresh Chaudhary along with other officers of Health Department and students of Medical College were present in this program.
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*List of people to be honored-*
The Nishkshay Mitras to be honored include Dr. Farooq of Himalayan Wellness Company, Ms. Poonam Kimothi of Hans Cultural Foundation, Mr. Mukesh Mohan of Dehradun, Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Dr. Aarti of Sai Institute, Ms. Kalpana Bisht of Red Cross Society, Dr. Ritu Gupta of Kanishka Hospital, Ms. Hemlata Behan of Aas Sanstha, Mr. Rajiv Bijalwan of Swami Ram Himalayan University, Mr. Inder Ramola of Dev Bhoomi Swaraj Foundation, Ms. Dolly Dabral of Mahila Jijivisha Manch Dehradun, Mr. Rajneesh Goyal of Lions Club and Ms. Mamta Thapa.
While among the treatment supporters, community volunteers Supriya, Zoya, Kanak and among the Asha workers Neeraj, Neera Kandhari, Meena Kala, Ganga Bhandari, Saroj, Neeru Jain, Pooja Joshi, Shikha Arora, Nirmala Joshi and Sachi Tiwari
were honored.
