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Mumbai: BMC ignores statistics as study shows 2,638 people dropped out of TB tre

<p>RTI information shows that enrolment for DOTS treatment has dropped drastically while dengue cases have gone up by 265%</p>

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Even as the state government is leaving no stone unturned to check the spread of TB and dengue, it appears the patients are not doing their bit and dropping out at an alarming rate - 10 per cent - from the DOTS treatment. And according to information acquired by an NGO using RTI, we are not doing much better on the dengue front either, as though there was a 265 per cent in dengue cases, four wards have not registered any cases over confusion on test result validity.

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