Till October in the year 2025, 5,765 patients were reported in Chandigarh.
Mohit Pandey, Chandigarh. The risk of TB is increasing in the city with the best health facilities in North India. The disease is killing an average of 19 people every day and every 208th person in the city is suffering from TB. This claim is being made on the basis of a report presented in the Rajya Sabha by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
According to the report presented in Rajya Sabha, till October 2025, 5,765 patients have been reported in Chandigarh. This is the situation when Chandigarh has been promoted as the model health city of the country and major medical institutions like PGI, GMCH-32 and Sector-16 are present here.
The risk is highest in people above 60 years of age
The 100-day TB eradication campaign launched last year on the instructions of the Central Government also failed to control the pace of infection. According to health experts, the risk of TB is highest in the age group above 60, while the infection is also increasing rapidly in people aged 46 to 60 years. Apart from this, 3.2 percent children in the age group of zero to 14 years are also suffering from TB.
Be alert on cough, blood in phlegm, chest pain
Experts say that people ignore the initial symptoms of TB and do not get tested on time. Considering symptoms like cough, blood in phlegm, chest pain and persistent weakness as minor, the disease reaches the final stage, making treatment difficult.