India, Oct. 16 -- Dr Navin Dang, founder and chairman of Dr Dangs Lab and a board member of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, in an opinion article published on Oct. 15, 2026, said diagnostic errors can lead to unnecessary medication, delayed treatment, avoidable complications and financial hardship, and called for clear, strictly enforced regulations on who can operate laboratories, supervise testing and authorise reports.
Diagnostic errors and quality controls
The article said a missed or incorrect diagnosis can have consequences beyond a laboratory report, and described an example of a woman wrongly diagnosed with tuberculosis who undergoes months of treatment while her actual illness progresses...