NACO Increased HIV Treatment Centers to 91 for treating 85,000 patients

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NACO INCREASES HIV TREATMENT CENTRES

16:57 IST

The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) has increased the number of centres providing free Anti Retroviral Treatment (ART) from 54 to 91 centres with another 9 more centres also getting operational soon. At these 91 centres medicines for treating 8,5000 patients have been made available. All the 91 centres have specially appointed and trained doctors, counsellors and laboratory technicians to help initiate patients on ART and follow them up regularly.

The ART is a combination of three potent drugs, which is being given to the persons with advanced stage of AIDS. Although these drugs do not cure HIV infection, they suppress multiplication of the virus and reduce the number of opportunistic infections thereby improving the quality of life and prolonging the life span.

Apart from providing free treatment, all the ART centres are providing counselling to the infected persons so that they maintain regularity of their medication. Continuity is the most important factor for the long term effectiveness of the ART drugs as disruption can lead to drug resistance. At present 40,000 are on ART, which are expected to go up to 85,000 by March end.

All these centres have a plan to ensure that patients take their medicines regularly and are followed up, in case of default, while maintaining their confidentiality.

(Full list is enclosed)

List of ART Centres

Sl.No

State

Name of centre

1

Tamilnadu

GHTM, Tambram, Chennai

2

Tamilnadu

Madras Medical College, Chennai

3

Tamilnadu

Government Medical College, Madurai

4

Tamilnadu

Government Hospital, Namakkal

5

Tamilnadu

Theni medical college,

6

Tamilnadu

Coimbatore medical college,

7

Tamilnadu

Thanzavur medical college,

8

Tamilnadu

Trichy medical college,

9

Tamilnadu

Vellore medical college,

10

Tamilnadu

Medical College, Kanyakumari

11

Tamilnadu

Kilpouk Medical College, Chennai

12

Tamilnadu

Medical College, Salem

13

Tamilnadu

Medical College, Tirunelveli

14

Mumbai

JJ Hospital, Mumbai

15

Mumbai

KEM Hospital, Mumbai

16

Mumbai

Nair Hospital, Mumbai

17

Mumbai

Sion Hospital, Mumbai

18

Maharashtra

Government Medical College, Sangli

19

Maharashtra

B.J. Medical College, Pune

20

Maharashtra

Government Medical College, Nagpur

21

Maharashtra

NARI, Pune

22

Maharashtra

Medical college, Dule

23

Maharashtra

Medical college, Akola

24

Maharashtra

Medical college, Yawatmal

25

Maharashtra

Medical college, Aurangabad

26

Maharashtra

Medical college, Ambejogai

27

Manipur

RIMS, Imphal

28

Manipur

Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital, Imphal

29

Manipur

District Hospital ,Churachandpur

30

Manipur

District Hospital , Ukahrul

31

Andhra Pradesh

Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

32

Andhra Pradesh

Government Medical College, Guntur

33

Andhra Pradesh

Government Medical College, Vizag.

34

Andhra Pradesh

SVRR GGH, Tirupati

35

Andhra Pradesh

GGH, Ananthapur

36

Andhra Pradesh

GGH, Vijayawada

37

Andhra Pradesh

RIMS, Kadapa

38

Andhra Pradesh

Govt.Dist. Hospital, Prakasam

39

Andhra Pradesh

GGH, Kakinada

40

Andhra Pradesh

Gandhi Med College, Secundarabad

41

Karnataka

Bowring & Lady Curzon Hosp., Bangalore

42

Karnataka

Mysore Medical College, Mysore

43

Karnataka

K I M S Hubli

44

Karnataka

VIMS, Bellary

45

Karnataka

District hospital, Davangeri

46

Karnataka

District hospital, Mangalore

47

Karnataka

District hospital, Gulburga

48

Karnataka

District hospital, Belgaon

49

Karnataka

District hospital, Bijapur

50

Karnataka

District hospital, Kolar

51

Karnataka

District hospital, Raichur

52

Nagaland

Naga District Hospital, Kohima

53

Nagaland

Civil Hospital , Tuensang

54

Nagaland

Dist. Hospital, Dimapur

55

Delhi

RML Hospital, New Delhi

56

Delhi

LNJP Hospital, New Delhi

57

Delhi

AIIMS, New Delhi

58

Delhi

LRS, Delhi

59

Delhi

D.D.U Hospital, West Delhi

60

Delhi

G.T.B. Hospital, East Delhi

Non GFATM supported states

State

Name of centre

61

Chandigarh

PGIMER, Chandigarh

62

Rajasthan

SMS Hospital, Jaipur

63

Rajasthan

SN Medical College, Jodhpur

64

Gujarat

B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad

65

Gujarat

B.J. Medical College Surat

66

West Bengal

School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkatta

67

West Bengal

Medical College, Siliguri

68

Uttar Pradesh

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi

69

Uttar Pradesh

KGMC, Lucknow

70

Uttar Pradesh

LLRM, Meerut

71

Goa

Government Medical College, Bambolim

72

Kerala

MC, Thiruvantharam

73

Kerala

MC, Thrissur

74

Kerala

Medical college , Calicut

75

Kerala

Medical college , Kottayam

76

Madhya Pradesh

MC, Indore

77

Himachal Pradesh

IGMC, Shimla

78

Pondicherry

GGH, Pondicherry

79

Assam

MC, Gauhwati

80

Assam

Medical College Dibrugrah

81

Harayana

Medical College, Rohtak

82

Bihar

Medical college, Patna

83

Bihar

Medical college, Muzafarpur

84

J & K

Govt Medical College ,Jammu

85

Jharkhand

Govt Medical College , Ranchi

86

Mizoram

Civil Hospital, Aizawal

87

Arunachal Pradesh

General Hospital Nahar Lagun

88

Sikkim

STNM Hospital, Gangtok

89

Punjab

MC, Amritsar

90

Punjab

Civil Hospital Jallandhar

91

Uttranchal

Doon Hospital, Dehra dun

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