TB treatment is free in Nepal, but 51 percent of affected families face crippling costs: Report

The costs include medical tests, transportation, food, accommodation, and income lost due to illness.

Laxmi Chaudhary from Dhangadhi Sub-metropolitan City in Kailali district has been living in Kathmandu for the past one year for treatment of gland TB, medically known as tuberculous lymphadenitis.