Tripura tops in NER for excellent performance in NTEP
Agartala, May 31, 2023, TRIPURA TIMES Desk
Agartala, May 31: In a significant achievement, Tripura topped among the North Eastern State for its exceptional performance in the National Tuberculosis Elimination Programme (NTEP) as Agartala Government College (AGMC) and GBP Hospital along with Tripura Medical College (TMC) scripted remarkable success to this end.
A Zonal Task Force (ZTF) meeting was conducted in Guwahati on Tuesday to evaluate the performances of government-run and private medical colleges in the North Eastern Region (NER) regarding the implementation of the NTEP.
After considering various criteria, Tripura was declared the best-performing state in the region.
NTEP Tripura took to Twitter and announced, "Tripura is declared as the top state in the NE Zone for the performance of Medical Colleges in NTEP for the year 2022. The STF members attended the ZTF meeting in Guwahati. We extend our sincere gratitude to the State Authority, CTD, Faculty members of Medical colleges, NTEP Team, WHO, and DPs."
Agartala Government College (AGMC) and GBP Hospital, along with Tripura Medical College (TMC), were recognized as the best-performing institutions in five different parameters of the NTEP in 2022.
Among others, Professor of AGMC and GBP Hospital and Microbiologist Dr. Tapan Majumder, Dr. Shiv Shekhar Dutta of AGMC, State officer of the NTEP Dr. Nupur Debbarma, and Consultant of the World Health Organization Dr. Sanjib Jha were present in the ZTF meeting in Guwahati.