{"id":249184,"date":"2024-09-24T00:34:15","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=249184"},"modified":"2024-09-24T00:34:15","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T19:04:15","slug":"parnaik-adopts-tb-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2024\/09\/24\/parnaik-adopts-tb-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Parnaik adopts TB patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 23 Sep:<\/strong> Governor KT Parnaik, as a Ni-kshay Mitra under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, has adopted two tuberculosis (TB) patients from Kra Daadi district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor, who was on a maiden visit to the district on Monday, interacted with one of the adopted TB patients in Tali on 23 September.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Parnaik, who has committed to providing monthly prescribed food baskets to his adopted patients for a prescribed period, encouraged the patient to consume healthy and nutritious food. He also advised him to maintain a healthy lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor appealed to the public, particularly wealthy individuals and social activists, to adopt TB patients and contribute personally to making India TB-free.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also reminded the people of Prime Minister Narendra Modi&#8217;s 2018 announcement, aiming for India to eliminate TB by 2025, five years ahead of the global deadline of 2030.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The governor urged health officials to conduct door-to-door awareness visits, educating TB patients on the importance of a healthy lifestyle. He emphasised the need for officials to actively engage with the community and spread information about the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">DMO Dr Chasen Lowang Mallo briefed the governor on the status of tuberculosis in Kra Daadi district. (Raj Bhavan)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 23 Sep: Governor KT Parnaik, as a Ni-kshay Mitra under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, has adopted two tuberculosis (TB) patients from Kra Daadi district. The governor, who was on a maiden visit to the district on Monday, interacted with one of the adopted TB patients in Tali on 23 September. Parnaik, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249188,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-249184","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}