SC asks govt to provide daily drug doses to TB patients

The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to replace after nine months the current practice of giving three dosages of medicine a week to tuberculosis patients, with daily doses. A bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, passed the order, saying all new patients should be administered daily dosage regimen of tuberculosis (TB) medicines after the expiry of a period of nine months. The current dosage of thrice a week shall not remain in practice in any condition and as far as possible, the new drug regime be implemented, the bench, also comprising Justices N V Ramana and D Y Chandrachud, said.