[New Times] World TB (tuberculosis) Day on March 24 was started to create awareness among people about a chronic, sinister but totally curable disease. Before, T.B. was considered a death warrant. But the discovery of the first anti-TB. drug Streptomycin in 1943, kindled some hope in people, and other drugs followed subsequently. Today T.B. is curable with effective drugs, the only thing needed is timely diagnosis and treatment. In general, T.B. is considered a disease of the lungs. But it does affect other organs,