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90 days, 4 doctors, 2 cities: Story of India's delayed TB diagnosis

It took the health system in Delhi 41 days to begin treatment for regular paediatric TB

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Shreya Shah | IndiaSpend New Delhi
It took 90 days, and four doctors across two cities to diagnose that Bhuveka Thareja, 13, suffered from tuberculosis (TB).

It all started with a fever in December 2015. The doctor gave Bhuveka some medicines and the fever went away. But in January 2016, the fever came back, and the doctor recommended a chest X-Ray. But nothing showed up on the X-Ray, and the fever subsided with medicines. This cycle of fever, medication and tests continued until March 2016, when Bhuveka developed a persistent cough, and a doctor in a Delhi hospital recommended a CT Scan.

It was after