Sick throng Indian capital’s new, high-tech clinics

In this photograph taken on July 13, 2016, an Indian woman (L), who has come for a treatment, gives her blood sample for a test at a ‘Mohalla clinic’ (neighbourhood clinic) in New Delhi. For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital's hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm with mosquitoes. But a spotless and air-conditioned clinic boasting innovative diagnostic technology and sharply-dressed doctors has just opened in Lal's neighbourhood, bringing healthcare into the 21st century. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA / TO GO WITH AFP STORY: 'India-Health-Technology' FEATURE by Abhaya SRIVASTAVA

NEW DELHI: For asthma sufferer Mohan Lal, regular visits to the Indian capital’s hospitals were a nightmare of waiting in endless queues in sweltering corridors that swarm with mosquitoes. 

But a spotless and air-conditioned clinic boasting innovative diagnostic technology and sharply-dressed doctors has just opened in Lal’s neighbourhood, bringing healthcare into the 21st century.