Multiple reports of tuberculosis (TB) in the North West District community of Tobago Hill in the Mabaruma Sub-Region are being monitored by health personnel in the area but residents in neighbouring communities fear its spread.
During a recent visit to the region, persons in the nearby communities told this newspaper that several persons were being treated at Tobago Hill for TB. Toshao of Tobago Hill Edmond Santiago told this newspaper that a number of residents had complained of symptoms associated with TB. He said too that he had received reports of persons in the community experiencing a gastro-like illness,
