Tuberculosis or TB cases reported this year are higher compared to the other years, says the doctor at Don Bosco Clinic in Tonj State.
He said this year patient of TB shot up to 182 instead of 108 last year, Radio Don Bosco reports.
The doctor appealed to infected people to turn up earlier for free treatment in the Clinic.
Don Bosco Clinic is offering free transport for the patients from far places, he added.
The medic explained that people get TB through inhaling in air when someone infected coughs.