Quetta, Dec 10 || Tuberculosis (TB) cases continue to rise in Balochistan, particularly in its prisons, with 16,000 to 18,000 cases being reported in the province so far this year, local media reported on Wednesday.
The Provincial Manager of the TB Control Programme, Balochistan, Sher Afghan Raisani, shared the information while addressing a press conference. He said that tests of communicable and non-communicable diseases were carried out among 3,000 prisoners in 12 prisons of Balochistan, reported.
He said that 16,000 to 18,000 TB cases were reported in Balochistan in 2025. He said that the Department of Health of Balochistan, TB Control Programme, Department of Prisons, and DoPasi Foundation have initiated a coordinated health screening programme in 12 prisons of Balochistan.
Earlier in November, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Balochistan Assembly slammed the provincial Health Department over its continuous failure to act on orders about major financial irregularities, illegal purchase and missing medical supplies at Sandeman Provincial Hospital in Pakistan's Quetta.