Training may take any of the following forms: A: complete training for an occupation other than one in which the patient was formerly employed. B: Refresher training to brush up on his former occupation. C: Completion of training for which the patient was preparing before his entry into the sanatorium.

If training is begun in the sanatorium, the patient either receives private instruction from the Adult Education Teacher or through correspondence schools or agencies.

After discharge he may receive assistance to attend public schools, colleges, or vocational training schools. When his training is completed or nears completion he is referred to an employer for suitable work. Not any work, but work in which he can assert himself to the best of his ability, in which he is happy and can achieve success, and in which he is not hazarding his health.¹⁶

TB Today

The battle against TB in Newfoundland was won. By 1970 the M.V. Christmas Seal was no longer needed. New roads made communities less isolated. Education programs, new medicines, vaccinations, x-rays and improved living conditions had just about wiped out the "Silent Menace." But does this mean we are finally free of tuberculosis? Here is a quote from a story in the Evening Telegram:

The numbers tell the story. No infectious disease is as extensive and as devastating as tuberculosis. For every one person who died of Ebola or the Plague...over 12,000 people died of TB. Every single year, nearly three million people die of the disease, eight million become sick, and at least 30 million become infected. This makes tuberculosis the leading infectious killer in the world.¹⁷

The numbers in the story may sound like they come from the past. But this is not true. This story was published in April, 1996. TB still exists in many countries throughout the world. Where ever there is poverty, there is TB.

As with other diseases, new forms of TB are developing. Some of these cannot be killed by the drugs we have always used to fight the disease. Because of this, we cannot give up the fight. Even in Canada the number of TB cases is rising. They were 3.6% higher in 1992 than in 1991.¹⁸

Hard work and education won the first round in the battle against TB. But if we are not careful, if we do not remain on our guard, round two may be just around the corner.