Jakarta, Jan. 13 -- Indonesia's Health Ministry has deployed about 20 portable X-ray units to Makassar to strengthen tuberculosis (TB) screening, targeting faster diagnosis and wider outreach in one of the country's priority regions for TB elimination.

Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus said in Makassar on Tuesday that the lightweight devices can be carried anywhere and used in public health centers, village offices or patients' homes, enabling health workers to reach communities more effectively.

Each portable X-ray unit can screen roughly 3,000 people, he said, meaning the 20 units could allow up to 60,000 Makassar residents to be screened over the course of 2026.

Weighing about three kilograms, the devices are designe...