Much to the relief of resident doctors in civic-run hospitals, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will start providing resident doctors from KEM and Nair hospitals free of cost protein rich breakfasts from the first week of October, after the initiative received a good response at Sion hospital.u00a0The civic body swung into action after tuberculosis claimed the life of a 23-year-old intern at Sion Hospital on July 1 and after MiD DAY reported about 15 doctors from the hospital contracting the disease in the last one year itself. From August 15, the resident doctors were provided with vegetarian and non-vegetarian food which was selected by a dietician so as to ensure that the over-worked resident doctors consume nutritious food to build their immunity against tuberculosis.

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