Rajan Babu TB Hospital, Delhi — 1986
In 1986, a young medical resident from PGIMS Rohtak arrived at the Rajan Babu Tuberculosis Hospital (RBTB), Kingsway Camp, Delhi — one of Asia's largest TB hospitals, established in 1935. What he found in the surrounding slums of Jahangirpuri, Seelampur, and Nand Nagri would change the direction of his entire life. Children silently suffocating. Persistent cough dismissed. TB going undetected for months, sometimes years.
Nobody asked him to go into those slums. He went on his own — in his own time, on foot, driven by a conscience that refused to look away. In 1986 itself, Dr. Mittal received formal appreciation certificates from both MCD Delhi and RBTB Hospital for his voluntary TB screening work.
"Those children in the slums of Delhi were my first teachers. They taught me that tuberculosis is not just a medical problem — it is a problem of neglect. And neglect can be cured with attention, compassion, and the decision to simply show up."
That first act of conscience at RBTB Delhi became the seed of a 40-year mission that has never paused — not for a single year, not during any epidemic, not during COVID-19, and not today.
The Scale of a Lifetime's Work
Diagnosed & Treated Free
(Ages 0–14)
Nutritional & Treatment
Support
Administered Free
Since 1985
Declared — Shekhpura
& Purkhas
in a Single Day
(June 2025, Purkhas)
of Free Immunization
Camps
Six Pillars of TB Elimination
Active Case Finding
Community TB screening camps in villages, schools, and urban slums. Identifying children with persistent cough, fever, and weight loss before the disease advances.
Free Diagnosis & Treatment
Complete free OPD for TB in children aged 0–14 since 1992. Over 2,050 pediatric TB patients treated across 40 years — all free for families who cannot pay.
Ni-Kshay Mitra Adoption
1,200+ TB patients personally adopted — monthly nutritional kits, treatment adherence monitoring, and counselling, followed up individually for nutrition, medicine, and health status.
BCG Vaccination & Prevention
31,500+ BCG vaccinations administered. Near-100% newborn coverage. Free immunization camps for 40 consecutive years without interruption.
School Education & Awareness
TB awareness sessions in schools including Rishikul School, Sonipat. Empowering the next generation to recognise TB, break stigma, and protect their communities.
Capacity Building — ANMs & Nurses
Hands-on training for ANMs and nursing staff in gastric aspirate technique — the gold standard for TB diagnosis in young children who cannot produce sputum.
The Purkhas Camp — A Homecoming
Massive TB Detection & Child Health Camp — Dr. Mittal's Native Village
On June 10, 2025, Dr. N.K. Mittal organised a massive free TB detection and child health camp in village Purkhas — his own birthplace. This was not just a medical camp. It was a homecoming. The boy who left Purkhas with nothing returned to give his village the gift of a TB-free future.
495 individuals were screened in a single day — one of the largest single-day TB screening drives in Sonipat district's history. Services included free TB screening, BCG vaccination, nutritional support, X-ray, blood tests, sputum testing, and medical consultation — all 100% free. Organised in collaboration with the District TB Office, Sonipat under NTEP.
📸 Scenes from Dr. Mittal's TB Detection & Outreach Camps
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📰 Press Coverage — Purkhas Camp
Birthday Camp — When a Personal Day Becomes a Public Mission
Free TB Detection & Child Health Camp — with Dr. Tarun Yadav, DTO Sonipat
March 22 is World TB Day. It is also Dr. N.K. Mittal's birthday. For most people, a birthday is a day of celebration. For Dr. Mittal, it is a day of work — because the mission he was born for and the day the world remembers TB fall on the same date.
On March 22, 2026, Dr. Mittal organised a major free TB detection and child health camp at Kundli, Sonipat — organised with Civil Surgeon Dr. Jyotsna, DTO Dr. Tarun Yadav, Dr. Baldev Raj, and Dr. Nishant Mittal — in the presence of school principals, students, and a large community gathering. Facilities offered free of cost included nutrition kits, routine & HPV immunization, pediatric & general check-ups, on-site Hb & blood sugar testing, chest X-ray, and sputum testing. This camp is not an annual event — it is an annual commitment. Every birthday, every World TB Day: the same answer. More work.
🎥 Camp Videos
🎙️ Audio
Taking TB Education Into Schools
TB Awareness Sessions — Principals, Teachers & Students
One of the most powerful and under-utilised tools in TB elimination is school-based education. Children who understand TB become ambassadors in their own homes — they recognise symptoms in family members, break the stigma, and encourage adults to seek timely care.
Dr. Mittal conducted comprehensive TB awareness sessions in schools across Sonipat district — including Rishikul School — covering TB symptoms, BCG vaccination, the importance of completing treatment, TB stigma, and what to do if a family member has a persistent cough. These sessions build a generation of TB-aware citizens in Sonipat.
100 Days TB-Free Programme & Gastric Aspirate Training
100 Days TB-Free Programme — Multiple Detection Camps
Under the 100 Days TB-Free Programme — a focused national drive to find and treat every undetected TB case — Dr. Mittal led the pediatric TB component across Sonipat district. Multiple detection camps ensured that children — the most frequently missed demographic in TB programmes — were actively screened and not left behind.
Alongside detection camps, Dr. Mittal conducted hands-on training for ANMs and nursing staff in gastric aspirate technique — the gold standard for collecting TB samples from young children who cannot produce sputum. By training frontline health workers, he has permanently enhanced the TB diagnostic capacity of Sonipat's primary health system — a contribution that will outlast any single camp.
Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat — Pediatric TB Task Force
Under the leadership of Dr. N.K. Mittal, the Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat Pediatric TB Task Force was constituted — bringing together the district's entire child-health ecosystem under one coordinated mission. This is a district-level official task force with government and medical leadership at its core.
🏛️ Task Force Members — Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat
Bringing together government leadership, public-health officials, and every child specialist in Sonipat — ensuring pediatric TB elimination is a coordinated, district-wide effort.
The inclusion of the Deputy Commissioner and CMO gives this task force administrative and executive authority — enabling district-wide TB screening, school health programmes, and resource mobilisation at a scale no private initiative could achieve alone. Every pediatric TB patient identified in Sonipat is now personally followed up for nutrition, medicine supply, treatment adherence, and health status. Zero drop-out. Zero patient left behind.
TB-Free Gram Panchayats — A Replicable Model
Through sustained household screening, contact tracing, free treatment, and community education, Dr. Mittal led the declaration of two TB-Free Gram Panchayats — the first in Sonipat district.
🏘️ TB-Free Gram Panchayats — Sonipat
Declared through years of systematic work: household screening, contact tracing of every identified case, free treatment, and community education to break the stigma of tuberculosis.
Purkhas is Dr. Mittal's own birthplace. Declaring his native village TB-free is the most personal chapter of a deeply personal mission. This village-level model — identify, treat, educate, declare — is precisely what the Government of India's TB Mukt Bharat programme envisions at national scale. Dr. Mittal was doing it at the village level years before it became national policy.
Connected to India's 21% TB Decline
The WHO Global TB Report 2025 recorded India's landmark achievement: a 21% reduction in TB incidence — nearly twice the global average. This national headline is built from thousands of local stories. Dr. Mittal's story is one of them. District-level, sustained, free, community-embedded TB work in Sonipat — TB-free villages, 100 Days programmes, school education, gastric aspirate training, task force coordination — is precisely what drives national TB numbers down.
Certificates, Recognitions & Press
From the Ni-Kshay Mitra recognition under the Pradhan Mantri TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan to academic certifications in pediatric TB — and features in IAP's Pedinews.
Acknowledged at Every Level
Government & Institutional Recognition for TB Work
- MCD Delhi & RBTB Hospital — Appreciation Certificate for voluntary TB work (1986)
- National Polio Surveillance Project (NPSP) — AFP surveillance recognition (1995)
- Chief Minister, Haryana — Felicitation for disease control & epidemic management (2010)
- World Health Organization (WHO) — Endorsement of TB elimination and BCG work
- Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India — Formal endorsement
- Ministry of Women & Child Development, Government of India — Formal endorsement
- Cabinet Minister, Haryana — Independence Day felicitation for child health (2024)
- District Administration, Sonipat — Independence Day recognition (2009 & 2024)
- IAP Sonipat — Baal Kshay Rog Mukt Sonipat Task Force constituted under his leadership
- NTEP / World Health Partners — State IAP Nodal Officer, Pediatric TB Project, Haryana (2026)
- Ni-Kshay Mitra recognition — District Health & Family Welfare Society & NTEP, Sonipat
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The Scale of a Lifetime's Work
Diagnosed & Treated Free
(Ages 0–14)
Nutritional & Treatment
Support
Administered Free
Since 1985
Declared — Shekhpura
& Purkhas
in a Single Day
(June 2025, Purkhas)
of Free Immunization
Camps
Six Pillars of TB Elimination
Active Case Finding
Community TB screening camps in villages, schools, and urban slums. Identifying children with persistent cough, fever, and weight loss before the disease advances.
Free Diagnosis & Treatment
Complete free OPD for TB in children aged 0–14 since 1992. Over 2,050 pediatric TB patients treated across 40 years — all free for families who cannot pay.
Ni-Kshay Mitra Adoption
1,200+ TB patients personally adopted — monthly nutritional kits, treatment adherence monitoring, and counselling, followed up individually for nutrition, medicine, and health status.
BCG Vaccination & Prevention
31,500+ BCG vaccinations administered. Near-100% newborn coverage. Free immunization camps for 40 consecutive years without interruption.
School Education & Awareness
TB awareness sessions in schools including Rishikul School, Sonipat. Empowering the next generation to recognise TB, break stigma, and protect their communities.
Capacity Building — ANMs & Nurses
Hands-on training for ANMs and nursing staff in gastric aspirate technique — the gold standard for TB diagnosis in young children who cannot produce sputum.
The Purkhas Camp — A Homecoming
Massive TB Detection & Child Health Camp — Dr. Mittal's Native Village
On June 10, 2025, Dr. N.K. Mittal organised a massive free TB detection and child health camp in village Purkhas — his own birthplace. This was not just a medical camp. It was a homecoming. The boy who left Purkhas with nothing returned to give his village the gift of a TB-free future.
495 individuals were screened in a single day — one of the largest single-day TB screening drives in Sonipat district's history. Services included free TB screening, BCG vaccination, nutritional support, X-ray, blood tests, sputum testing, and medical consultation — all 100% free. Organised in collaboration with the District TB Office, Sonipat under NTEP.
📸 Scenes from Dr. Mittal's TB Detection & Outreach Camps