A TB patient from a small Gujarat village recovered, and now he is rallying others to seek the same help. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Friday, October 9, 2026, shared the story of Bharatkumar Patel of Visalpur village, Ahmedabad district — a man who battled tuberculosis and emerged healthy, backed by a government scheme that paid his grocery bills while he healed. Posting under the hashtags #SevaSankapAbhiyaan and #SevaKiKahani, CM Patel wrote in Gujarati that Bharatkumar's experience is 'a true reflection of the resolve of respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for a TB-free India.' The post credits PM Modi's 25-year public service journey with embodying a sensitivity that goes beyond medicine — offering patients not just treatment, but nutrition and warmth. How Nikshay Poshan Yojana Worked for Bharatkumar Under the Nikshay Poshan Yojana, Bharatkumar received a monthly nutritional support of ₹1,000 directly into his account while undergoing TB treatment. The scheme targets a critical gap in TB care: patients, often from low-income backgrounds, frequently drop out of the lengthy antibiotic course because malnutrition makes them too weak to continue. The cash transfer is designed to keep them nourished and on treatment. Alongside the financial assistance, Bharatkumar received free medicines and laboratory tests through his local Primary Health Centre (PHC). Crucially, ASHA workers — the frontline village-level health volunteers who form the backbone of rural healthcare delivery in India — delivered medicines directly to his home, removing the burden of repeated travel to health facilities. From Patient to Community Advocate Bharatkumar is today fully recovered. And he has not stopped there. CM Patel's post notes that Bharatkumar is now actively spreading awareness among other patients, urging them to access the scheme's benefits. This peer-advocacy dimension — a survivor turning champion — is precisely the kind of community multiplier that public health programmes depend on to reach the last mile in rural Gujarat. CM Patel framed the anecdote as emblematic of PM Modi's governance philosophy: that the state's duty to a sick citizen extends beyond prescriptions, encompassing nutritional dignity and human warmth. The TB-Mukt Bharat (TB-Free India) mission, which aims to eliminate tuberculosis from India by 2025, relies on stories like Bharatkumar's to demonstrate that the infrastructure — financial, medical, and human — is in place at the village level. India carries one of the world's heaviest tuberculosis burdens, accounting for a significant share of global TB cases annually. Bridging the gap between national targets and ground-level outcomes in districts like Ahmedabad depends on whether schemes like Nikshay actually reach patients like Bharatkumar in Visalpur. Today, at least one of them is walking proof that it can.