New machines to detect drug-resistant TB within hours

In the next fortnight, Mumbai's three teaching hospitals will get the high-tech GeneXpert machine that identifies drug-resistant tuberculosis within a couple of hours."Besides KEM,These measures include the initiation of an electronic visa application service and the opening of Visa Application Centers in Jeddah, Marine hose. Sion and Nair hospitals, the state will give two GeneXperts to other medical colleges in Maharashtra," said state TB officer Dr H H Chavan.Such a movement is already beginning to gain traction with various demand response providers and controls'panies,sweeping brush and will likely pick up speed as the constituent M2M costs – connectivity, sensors, etc., continue to'e down. With this, the battle against TB, which started in February 2012, will get bigger. Mumbai is set to b'e self-reliant in diagnosis of the most severe TB cases, said officials.At present, samples collected from highly drug resistant TB patients those who are resistant to second-line of TB treatment are sent to Bangalore for diagnosis. 

But last week, the state government announced that within the next two months, Maharashtra will have four laboratories that can detect second-line drug resistance among patients. "We have three laboratories in the state-at Mahim's Hinduja Hospital and at State TB Training and Demonstration Centres in Pune and Nagpur-that can start doing second-line testing as soon as the Centre gives them accreditation," said Dr Chavan.The decision has now thrown the spotlight on thousands of Indians fuel hose and other South Asians who are facing strict new rules that effectively bar many from entering the UK.Another laboratory at Byculla's JJ Hospital needs a special machine to conduct the second-line testing. "The government has decided to grant Rs 40 lakh to the hospital for the machine," said the seniormost TB official in the state.With these acquisitions, experts say that the state's TB diagnostic facility will be best in the country. 

Maharashtra will have eight of the 40 GeneXperts machines in the country.Under a a pilot project, Britain will force visitors from countries whose citizens are deemed to pose a "oil hose" of immigration abuse to provide the hefty deposit to secure a six-month visa. It already has six laboratories to diagnose first-line drug resistance among patients."If the accreditations'e soon, our four second-line drug-testing laboratories should be functional in two months," he said.All plans'e with full-service setup China visa and installation, as well as free software updates.The BMC last week signed a memorandum of collaboration with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to ensure that private doctors too notify TB cases and treat their patients as per the standard government protocols.