After seeing the potential of engaging with private hospitals to fight the pandemic, the BMC now wants to work with them to eradicate tuberculosis from Mumbai. In a virtual meeting held with representatives of 43 private hospitals on October 4, the BMC has asked for their cooperation so that the disease can be eradicated by 2025.

A BMC health official said that during the Covid-19 pandemic, the civic body had engaged with many private hospitals for providing services like Covid-19 positive patient management, quarantine facilities as well as vaccination of the community. “We therefore want to capitalise on the existing partnership between the BMC and private corporate hospitals, to work together towards eliminating TB,” said the health official.