KARACHI: DOTS TB clinic opens

Published August 9, 2002

KARACHI, Aug 8: Nazim, Shah Faisal Town, Haji Mushtaq on Wednesday inaugurated a modern TB clinic at the Sindh Government Dispensary, Shah Faisal Colony.

He said about 500 TB patients will be given free treatment for eight months under the DOTS programme.

Tho Dr. Syed Waqar Ali, said that three more TB centres one each in Natha Khan Goth, Sindh Dispensary Juma Goth and KMC dispensary Morio Khan Goth have been established and these would become functional soon.—PPI

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