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The GMCH’s TB lab conducts close to 400 tests and the civil hospital around 200 in a month. He credited the operational issues at the district civil hospital for the low number of tests.“The civil hospital is new and is having operational issues. The government’s public health action ensures that patients don’t drop out of treatment and their regular follow-up and screening is done. The number of tests at the hospital will increase slowly,” he said.On strengthening of the government’s TB programme, Suryawanshi said that almost 50% patients are seeking treatment at private health facilities. Though the test takes two hours, patients are required to wait for a week or more for the report.“As many as four samples can tested at one time..