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GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE (P) DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

G.O.(P) No. 395/2012/H&FWD Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 27.11.2012.

In order to ensure proper TB diagnosis and case management, reduce TB transmission

and address the problen is of emergence and spread of Drug Resistant TB, it is essential to have

complete information o all TB cases. Therefore, Govt. of India, as per Notification No.

Z-28015/2/2012-TB da ed 07.05.2012, made TB a notifiable Disease. This has made it

mandatory for health c tre providers including clinical establishment run or managed by the

Government, Co-opera tive, Private, NGO sector and individual practitioners to notify every

TB cases detected in th prescribed monthly report format for TB notification, annexed hereto

(Annexure I) to the District Medical Officer (Health) through District TB Officer of the

concerned District.

For the purpose c f case notification a TB case is defined as follows:

i) A patient

bacilli, or

Rapid Diag

agnosed with at least one sputum specimen positive for acid fast

ilture-positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or RNTCP endorsed

ostic molecular test positive for tuberculosis.

ii) A patient diagnosed clinically as a case of tuberculosis, without microbiologic

confirmation, and initiated on anti-TB drugs.

2)

The Director of The Director of The State TB Of

ealth Services, Thiruvananthapuram. [edical Education, Thiruvananthapuram cer, Thiruvananthapuram

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Whereas, it is ex sedient to endorse and publish the notification issued by Govt. of India

as above, directives is h reby issued that every medical practitioner who, in the course of his/her

practice, becomes cog izant of the existence of any type of TB cases, shall report the

information to the Dis ct Medical Officer (Health) through District TB Officer of the

concerned District whos contact details are annexed to this Notification (Annex ure -I l).

For more detailed nformation, official designated for the purpose, whose contract details

are annexed hereto, shal be contacted. (Annexure III).

By Order of the Governor,

RAJEEV SADA ANDAN, Principal Secretary o Government.

Copy for immediate further necessary action, to:

with request to bring this notification to the

notice of all concerned for compliance.)

The Director, Information & Public Relations, Thiruvananthapuram - (with request to facilitate vide dissemination of this Govt. notification & for publishing in the website

li www.kerala.gov.in )

)Phe State Missio Director, NRHM, Thiruvananthapuram (with request to publish the notification in the website `www.arogyakeralam.gov.in')

Annexure I

Monthly Report

TB Notification

Period of reporting: From ./.. ./. To / /

Name of the health facility / practitioner / Laboratory

Registration Number Telephone (with STD) . Mobile number

Complete Address:

Sr

No

Name of TB Patient /

ID of patient

Age ; Sex

(yrs) ; (NI/F/0)

Gol issued

identification

number

(Aadhaar,

etc), if

available

Complete residential

address

Patient Phone

number

Date of TB

Diagnosis

Date of TB

treatment

initiation

E

,

1 i 1

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1 - Signature . Date: /.. ./..

Annexure -

Notification of TB cases

The institution/ Practitioners reports TB cases in prescribed format to the District Medical Officer (H)/District TB Officer for TB Notification as per Z-28015/2/2012-TB, Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare

Contact details of District Medical Office/ District TB Officers'

S1.No District DMOs Office No. Name of the DTO Office No. Mobile No Email ID

1 Thiruvananthapuram 0471- 2473257 Dr. Shabna 0471-2464470 9446309282 dtoketrm@rntcp.org

2 Kollam 0474-2799299, 2795017 Dr. Krishnaveni 0474-2748985 9447588615 dtokeklm@rntcp.org

3 Pathanamthitta 0468-2228220, 2222642 Dr. Manikantan 0468-2310890 9447894073 dtokeptm@rntcp.org

4 Alappuzha 0477-2252329, 2251650 Dr. Jalajamony 0477-2252861 9447005353 dtokeapz@rntcp.org

5 Kottayam 0486-2233030 Dr. Floramma Chacko 0481-2303965 9961205332 dtokekot@rntcp.org

6 Idukki 0481-2562923, 2562778 Dr. Suresh Varghese. S 0486-2233157 9447757899 dtokeidk@rntcp.org

7 Ernakulam 0484-2360802, 2369567 Dr.Savitha 0484-2225491 9747599579 dtokeenk@rntcp.org

8 Thrissur 0487-2333050, 2333242 Dr. Flemi Jose 0487-2428886 9447728862 dtokethr@rntcp.org

9 Palakkad 0491-2505264, 2505189 Dr. Lekshmi 0491-2529545 9447190914 dtokeplk@rntcp.org

10 Kozhikode 0495-2370540,2370494 Dr. Santhosh 0495-2740951 9446112608 dtokelczk@rntcp.org

11 Kannur 0497-2700709, 2700194 Dr. Jameela. M 0497-2733491 9496343191 dtokeknu@rntcp.org

12 Malappuram 0483-2766857, 2766241 Dr. Nandakumar. K. V 0483-2761064 9447629030 dtokempm@rntcp.org

13 Wayanad 0493-5241150,5240390 Dr. C. Sakeer 0493-5244149 9895646991 dtokewyd@rntcp.org

14 Kasargod 0467-2203118,2209433 Dr. Raviprasada.K 0499-4222480 9446076699 dtokeksg@rntcp.org

Annexure - III

11 For urther Clarifications and Help: Call State level RNTCP Team

Dr. S.Jayasankar- Addl. Director of Health Services-TB/State TB Officer (0471-2466058, 9447074250)

Dr. Sunil Kumar. M- Director, State TB Training & Demonstration Centre (9447155334)

Dr. Rajani Balachandran- Medical Officer, State TB Cell (0471-2466058)

Dr. B.Prabhakumari- State TB-HIV Coordinator, State TB Cell (0471-2466058)

Dr. Anoop - Asst. Programme Officer/Epidemiologist, State TB Cell (8281330775)

Dr. Shibu Balakrishnan- WHO RNTCP Consultant (9388158442)

Dr. DSA Karthickeyan- WHO RNTCP Consultant (9349517762)

Dr. Sanjeev Nair - Associate Professor, Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, MCH- Trivandrum (9446327204)

Dr. Praveen Sanker- Microbiologist- Intermediate Reference Laboratory (IRL) (9895251869)

Email : STOKE©rntcp.org/ STOKE@tbcindia.nic.in

SMS 9447074250 / 8281330775

Nikshay www.nikshay.gov.in/ www. tbcindia.nic.in

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