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cord-319015-4s9776ap	Sundaram, Sridhar	COVID testing before every endoscopy: Is India ready for primetime?	2020-05-19		.txt	text/plain	706	60	60	title: COVID testing before every endoscopy: Is India ready for primetime? COVID has had its economic impact with hospitals cutting down on elective procedures, impacting patient care and also the revenue generated. One question that has remained largely unanswered in all guidelines is whether we should routinely test for COVID before elective and semiurgent endoscopies. 3 Average upper GI endoscopy costs in India is between Rs. 2000 to Rs. 4000 (~30 to 60 U.S. dollars). Meanwhile, average testing cost for Novel coronavirus PCR is Rs. 4500 (~60-65 U.S. dollars) in private laboratories. 4 The caveat is also that patients may not get detected in the early stages of the disease, leading to increased infections in the hospital. To conclude, we may still not be ready for primetime with PCR testing for all patients, largely because we may not need it in the first place at the moment.	./cache/cord-319015-4s9776ap.txt	./txt/cord-319015-4s9776ap.txt