Health officials in the northern province of Kunduz said Sunday that the infectious disease claimed the lives of eight people last (solar) year while 1,700 others  contracted the illness.Patients in the provincial hospital said the main reason for them having contracted the disease was financial woes as they weren''t able to buy healthy food or visit doctors.When I contracted the disease, I did not have money.
I went to doctor twice but got not result.
Finally I came to the center, now I feel good.
Thanks to the center,& said Mah Jabin, a patient.Doctors at the provincial hospital confirm that people's dire financial situation and poverty are the major causes of the spike in the number of TB patients.We registered 1,713 patients of Tuberculosis in the year 1400 whereas the number was 1,605 in 1399.
Poverty and economic difficulties are the big reasons behind the increase,& said Nasrullah Anwari, the head of the provincial Tuberculosis program in Kunduz.In the meantime, Najibullah Sahil, the head of public health in Kunduz province, urged people to cooperate with them by referring people, who have had continuous coughs for more than two weeks, to a clinic.Sahil said there was medicine available.Health workers at the clinic said Tuberculosis, which affects a person's respiratory system, can be fatal but it is also curable.There are a total of 75 health centers providing treatment for the disease both in the provincial capital and districts.The post Kunduz experiences spike in TB cases first appeared on Ariana News.