Apr 30, 2011,
LUCKNOW: Wrong diagnosis turned out to be a cause of concern for veteran doctors who gathered at Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University's pulmonary medicine department here on Friday.
"Roughly 25% diagnosis for tuberculosis is wrong, as physicians do not examine patients correctly. They go by what the tests reflect and as a result doctors get confused between TB, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other lung disease that are different from each other," said Prof Rajendra Prasad, head, pulmonary medicine department and member state task force on tuberculosis.
Acknowledging the fact, Dr P N Tandon, who set up neuro-surgery departments at AIIMS and CSMMU said, "The best diagnosis is done by the eyes and hands of the physicians." Padma awardee and former director of National Brain Research Institute, Dr Tandon added, "Machines may have become important for diagnosis but they can never replace humans."
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-30/lucknow/29490304_1_diagnosis-doctors-machines
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