Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), Sept. 28 -- : A total of six underprivileged children suffering from tuberculosis were adopted at a programme organised by Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences here on Monday under the "Nikshay poshan Yojana" of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Khushi Singh, Sneha Singh, Zobya Siddiqui, Palak Vishwakarma, Sakshi Mourya and Mohammad Sabir were among the children who were adopted by Amita Agarwal HOD, Department of immunology, Dr. Aruna Parashar Retd. Professor, Medical Genetics, Dr Afzal Azim, Professor, Critical Care medicine, Dr Bhavna Chauhan Arya, wife of Dr. Amitabh Arya, Additional Professor, Nuclear medicine, Dr Richa Mishra, Additional Professor, Department of Microbiology...