India: GeneXpert is now available free of cost for pediatric TB patients in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata

Any pediatrician both in public and private sector in Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata can send pediatric (pulmonary and extrapulmonary) samples to one of the laboratories listed below, and get a GeneXpert TB test done free of cost. The specimen will be tested on the same day and the results communicated to the referring provider electronically (e-mail and SMS) and at the same time notified to the Revised National Tuberculosis Programme (RNTCP) under Nikshay.