Diagnosing The Cure

If you have high grade fever doctorspeak for 101 degree plus for two days or lingering fever for a week or more, you are advised to go for a blood test to check if the cause is malaria, dengue, leptospirosis (a bacterial infection) or chikungunya. Nothing new, right? Not really. While doctors and diagnostic professionals have recommended such tests for years, the spread of diagnostic chains it is now a Rs 60,000 crore industry with 1,00,000 centres across the country over the past few years has given patients access to latest innovations and technology that are ensuring early detection and that too with greater precision and speed. "About 74 per cent medical decisions are now based on pathological tests. These are helping in therapy as well as monitoring. For instance, in