New Delhi [India], Sep 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of TB patients and it is responsible for over 20 per cent of the total number of notified cases of this disease in the country, revealed the India Tuberculosis Report 2019 on Wednesday.According to the report which reveals the data for the year 2018, around 4.2 lakh cases from Uttar Pradesh were notified to the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) in the country.A total number of 21.5 lakh cases of tuberculosis were registered in the year 2018, the report released by Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan here revealed.The Union Minister also flagged off the National TB Prevalence Survey Vans, which will move around several districts of the country to help identify people suffering from the disease."In 1997, my brother-in-law died due to prolonged illness. Though he was admitted to a top Delhi government hospital, we could not save him. He was diagnosed with multi-drug resistant TB. We all have to
