Amitabh Bachchan GETS REAL About Suffering From Tuebrculosis; Says He Didn’t Know For 8 Years
Amitabh Bachchan was interacting with doctor Harsh Vardhan at NDTV Swasth India recently, speaking of his personal experience with Tuberculosis and the need to spread awareness about early diagnosis.
Amitabh
Bachchan
was
interacting
with
doctor
Harsh
Vardhan
at
NDTV
Swasth
India
recently,
speaking
of
his
personal
experience
with
Tuberculosis
and
the
need
to
spread
awareness
about
early
diagnosis.
During
the
chat,
Big
B
talked
about
how
he
did
not
that
he
was
suffering
from
the
disease
for
almost
8
years,
and
how
is
not
hesitant
to
say
that
he
is
a
Tuberculosis
survivor.
IANS
reported
that
Big
B
said
during
this
health
campaign
interaction,
"I
keep
quoting
my
personal
example
all
the
time
and
try
and
propagate
the
idea
of
getting
yourself
detected
and
I
dont
mind
saying
this
publicly
I
am
a
tuberculosis
survivor,
Hepatitis
B
survivor...
Bad
blood
infusion
went
in
and
75
percent
of
my
liver
is
gone
but
because
I
was
able
to
detect
it
even
after
a
period
of
20
years,
when
75
percent
of
my
liver
is
gone.
I
am
still
surviving
on
25
percent."
Getting
real
about
the
need
to
get
checked
up
early,
he
said,
"Then
there
is
a
cure.
Even
ith
Tuberculosis.
I
did
not
know
for
almost
8
years
I
was
suffering
from
Tuberculosis.
I
keep
saying
that
with
immodesty
if
it
can
happen
to
me
to
anyone.
Therefore
if
you
are
not
willing
to
get
yourself
tested
then
you
would
never
find
out
and
there's
never
going
to
be
a
cure
for
it."
Amitabh
has
been
associated
with
various
health
campaigns
such
as
Polio,
Diabetes,
Tuberculosis,
and
Hepatitis
B.
Superstars
have
the
power
to
influence
masses
with
such
campaigns,
so
we
are
sure
Big
B's
efforts
to
spread
awareness
about
Tuberculosis
will
be
beneficial
to
many.
On
the
work
front,
Amitabh
was
last
seen
in
the
crime
thriller,
Badla,
in
which
he
starred
opposite
Taapsee
Pannu.
The
film
was
produced
by
Shah
Rukh
Khan.
His
popular
game
show,
'Kaun
Banega
Crorepati'
will
be
premiering
its
11th
season
tonight,
August
19.