Doctors, hospital authorities and others may be jailed for two years if they fail to notify TB cases

A notification by the ministry of health and family welfare, dated March 16 and published in the central government gazette, makes it mandatory for healthcare providers and clinical establishments to notify every TB patient to the local public health authority such as district health officer, chief medical officer of district municipal health officer of urban local bodies in specified formats.

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