<p>Babu Jagjivan Ram BBMP Referral Hospital in Chamarajpet received a CBNAAT machine and handheld X-ray machine from the MPLAD (MP Local Area Development) funds of Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Tuesday. The machines together cost Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>The equipment is expected to speed up tuberculosis diagnosis at the hospital. The CBNAAT machine gives test results within two hours, said a press release from the MP's office.</p>.<p>Speaking at the event, Siroya said that everyone should contribute to the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan that aims to eliminate tuberculosis from India by 2025. </p>.<p>Presiding over the event, Chamarajpet MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan assured Siroya of his support to help Karnataka achieve the target a year earlier, in 2024.</p>.<p>Babulal Ranka of Ranka Steels announced that he would adopt 300 TB patients in Bengaluru under the Ni-kshay Mitra scheme and give them nutrition kits for six months.</p>
<p>Babu Jagjivan Ram BBMP Referral Hospital in Chamarajpet received a CBNAAT machine and handheld X-ray machine from the MPLAD (MP Local Area Development) funds of Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya on Tuesday. The machines together cost Rs 50 lakh.</p>.<p>The equipment is expected to speed up tuberculosis diagnosis at the hospital. The CBNAAT machine gives test results within two hours, said a press release from the MP's office.</p>.<p>Speaking at the event, Siroya said that everyone should contribute to the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyan that aims to eliminate tuberculosis from India by 2025. </p>.<p>Presiding over the event, Chamarajpet MLA Zameer Ahmed Khan assured Siroya of his support to help Karnataka achieve the target a year earlier, in 2024.</p>.<p>Babulal Ranka of Ranka Steels announced that he would adopt 300 TB patients in Bengaluru under the Ni-kshay Mitra scheme and give them nutrition kits for six months.</p>