With more and more cases of drug-resistant tuberculosis emerging experts are worried about challenges facing the diagnosis and control of TB. One of the biggest challenges according to experts is the curbing the growth of unregulated diagnostic centres in private healthcare sector and non-qualified doctors prescribing drugs. According to Arun Bamne TB consultant at Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai tuberculosis is a major public health concern especially in Mumbai because the number of cases of drug resistant tuberculosis is increasing mainly due to improper use of antibiotics. Nearly half the patients with tuberculosis are treated in private hospitals where many