Even as a campaign is ongoing in the North West District to curb the spread of tuberculosis (TB), sources at the Mabaruma Hospital have confirmed that a 19-year-old female from the community of Tobago Hill in the area succumbed to the disease over the weekend.
Regional Health Services (RHS) officials told Stabroek News yesterday that the agency was unaware of any TB-related death but this newspaper understands that Tobago Hill resident Erline Bumbury, who had been diagnosed with the bacterial disease as early as 1997, succumbed to the aliment on Saturday at the