‘Form silicosis diagnosis board in all districts’

Kolkata: The state Health department has directed the Chief Medical Officers of Health (CMOHs) in all the districts to form a silicosis diagnosis board in all the districts. The CMOHs have been asked to nominate one chest specialist, a general physician, a radiologist, and district tuberculosis officer to function as members of the District Silicosis Diagnosis Board. District Magistrates will be working as the chairperson. The ‘District Silicosis Diagnosis Board’ will be responsible for diagnosis of silicosis on receiving relevant reports from silicosis suspected people. It will make recommendations for the issuance of silicosis patients’ identity cards and provide benefits to silicosis-affected patients as per “Silicosis Relief Rehabilitation and Treatment Policy West Bengal” as notified by the State Labour department.

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