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This as one of the main reasons for non-compliance of the full regimen in TB treatment. “The Centre has initiated several new steps to ensure that all TB patients get free medicines and continue with the full regimen,” added Meshram.For the first time, the Centre has appointed counsellors under the Revised National TB Control Programme (RNTCP) to help TB patients. Of these, almost 30% were young patients.GMCH alone reported 1,594 cases in 2016 and 1,893 cases in 2017. Women leave the course due to their overall negligence towards themselves,” said Meshram.Chandrapur and Nagpur districts have reported the highest number of TB cases from 2014 to 2017. Chandrapur had 2,977 cases in 2014 followed by 2,260 in 2015, 2,163 in 2016 and 2,265 in 2017..