Kokrajhar District Health Society organizes World TB Day

Along with the rest of the world, World Tuberculosis (TB) Day was observed on Wednesday (24 March) at Tipkai, Kokrajhar.

A rally was organized from the premises of Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma College, Tipkai through Tipkai bazaar and back to the Tipkai College followed by a seminar in the hall of the college. Hundreds of students have participated in the seminar.

The seminar was guided by Dhanranjal Lal, Principal of Gurudev Kalicharan Brahma College, Tipkai. The speaker was Dr. Kaushik Das, District TB officer, Kokrajhar who elaborated the symptoms of TB (Tuberculosis) and diagnosis and treatment.

He also said that World TB Day was observed in Tipkai which is a geographically hard-to-reach area and to uplift the rural population to bring awareness on TB.

The other speakers were Nita Baruah, Lecturer, Tikai Senior Higher Secondary School and Biswa Kumar Brahma and Amar Brahma, social workers of Tipkai area. In the meeting, five numbers of cured TB Patients who are called TB Champions were felicitated with Aronai.

The Seminar was followed by a magic show performed by Magician P.C. Chanda on awareness of TB Symptoms through his magic show.