Hari Tuberkulosis Sedunia diperingati pada 24 Maret setiap tahunnya. Hari ini dijadikan momentum untuk meningkatkan kesadaran akan epidemi global tuberkulosis (TB).

Hari TB Sedunia juga diperingati sebagai salah satu upaya untuk mengeliminasi penyakit yang menyerang paru-paru tersebut. Tahun ini, peringatan mengambil tema 'Invest to End TB, Save Lives'.

Seorang anak di Kota Padang, AK (12 tahun) dikabarkan mengalami masalah penglihatan usai menjalani serangkaian pengobatan mata di Puskesmas Ulak Karang, Kecamatan Padang Utara, Kota Padang, Sumatera Barat (Sumbar). Belakangan muncul tudingan kondisi yang terjadi pada AK lantaran tenaga kesehatan (nakes) salah memberikan obat.

Approximately 400,000 hospitalized patients experience some type of preventable harm each year, with one-fourth dying from these errors.1,2 Medical errors cost roughly $20 billion a year, which makes preventable harm in health care both a leading cause of death and health expenditures in the United States.

With her second baby due later this month, Shin Woo-jeong, 36, decided on a preemptive Cesarean section.
“I’ve read from the news about (infected) women being transferred while in labor to hospitals in distant cities in search for (a negative-pressure labor ward). I’m afraid I might not be able to find one for myself when my contractions begin,” said Shin, who has scheduled a Cesarean birth a week prior to the baby’s March 25 due date.