Every Monday Dr. Zarir Udwadia runs a free tuberculosis clinic at P.D. Hinduja hospital in Mumbai, the forefront of India’s drug-resistant epidemic.
It’s gone from almost no patients 25 years ago when drug-resistant TB was rare, to today where patients have travelled from all across the country to line up along the hospital’s corridors to see the renowned lung specialist.
The private, nonprofit facility caters to around 350,000 people per year and compared with many other hospitals across the country, it’s significantly more organized and clean, with the smell of disinfectant lingering in the air.