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RTI by NGO Reveals TB, Malaria Mortality in Mumbai 6 Times Higher than BMC Figures
By Soumo Ghosh
July 16, 2014 19:57 IST
A discrepancy in the number of deaths due to Tuberculosis (TB) reported by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been found by Praja, an NGO, with the help of information obtained via the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
This discrepancy was found by comparing BMC Health Department's figures with the "cause of death" reason shown in the death certificates, issued by the BMC themselves. BMC's health department showed that there has been a total of 1,393 deaths due to TB, in the year 2013-14.
However, Praja, in their new findings, discovered that a total of 7,127 people have died due to TB in that span of time. The number of TB deaths is around five times higher than the number of TB deaths on the records of the BMC's health department...
RTI by NGO Reveals TB, Malaria Mortality in Mumbai 6 Times Higher than BMC Figures
By Soumo Ghosh
July 16, 2014 19:57 IST
A discrepancy in the number of deaths due to Tuberculosis (TB) reported by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has been found by Praja, an NGO, with the help of information obtained via the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
This discrepancy was found by comparing BMC Health Department's figures with the "cause of death" reason shown in the death certificates, issued by the BMC themselves. BMC's health department showed that there has been a total of 1,393 deaths due to TB, in the year 2013-14.
However, Praja, in their new findings, discovered that a total of 7,127 people have died due to TB in that span of time. The number of TB deaths is around five times higher than the number of TB deaths on the records of the BMC's health department...