Shai-Osudoku, Greater Accra, World TB Day-Ghanaians Urged To Stop discrimination against TB patients

Medical Superintendent for the Shai Osudoku District Hospital, Dr. Kennedy Tetteh Kofi Brightson has cautioned the public to desist from discriminating against patients suffering from Tuberculosis (TB).

Subjecting them to such treatment, he said, was unhelpful to the fight to bring down the infection. He said due to the stigmatization against people with TB, most fail to report to the hospital for treatment 

Medical Superintendent for the Shai Osudoku District Hospital, Dr. Kennedy Tetteh Kofi Brightson was speaking to the media on the celebration of World TB day at Shai Osudoku District Hospital with Aurum Institute. 

Ghana joins the world to commemorate World TB Day, a day set aside to raise public awareness about TB, highlight the suffering TB continues to exert on people while mobilizing political and social commitment for further progress.

This year’s theme: ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives is a call to action for TB especially given the current focus of attention on the COVID-19 pandemic.
Aurum Institute Ghana has since 2019 collaborated close

The day’s event is part of World TB Day which is on the global theme: under the theme: ‘Invest to End TB. Save Lives’ and will be observed here in Ghana on Thursday, 24th March.

He advised people with TB to report to the hospital as soon as they see symptoms of TB for treatment because TB is curable. He said those showing any of these symptoms to seek early clinical treatment.

They should neither resort to traditional medicine nor prayer camps. He said this year's celebration would be used to educate the public on the disease to reduce its prevalence rate.