Prasagraj: Going further to eradicate tuberculosis from the country in 2025, officials of the district health department with the help of the Feildy application collected 170 votes from the city to detect TB patients.
Officials said that this cellular screening application was useful for diagnosing TB in patients with recording the sound of his cough.
Under the pilot project, the Central TB division has conducted a research campaign and with the help of the Feildy application, the health team knocked on the door and collected samples of people who had or had no symptoms of tuberculosis, and their contacts.
This sound sample was collected from February 1 and 12 in the city.
A senior health official said, “Central Tuberculosis division has launched a study to detect alleged TB patients with the help of cough sounds.
He added that it is an artificial intelligence-based solution to detect TB patients and a total of 170 samples from the district will be collected.