India, Madhya Pradesh : 52 test positive for swine flu in Indore in 2013

Via Zee News :

" With one more person testing positive for swine flu at a local hospital, the total number of those infected by the H1N1 virus in the city has reached 52 this year.

Health officials said laboratory examination of swab samples of a 50-year-old man from Sonkutch in neighbouring Dewas district confirmed that he had swine flu.

The patient is undergoing treatment for the last one week in a hospital and his condition is steadily improving, officials added."

India : Madya Pradesh reports first drug-resistant tuberculosis case

Via Times of India :

" The state has recorded its first case of the most feared form of drug-resistant tuberculosis. 

Doctors at the National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases (NITRD), Delhi, confirmed the case as extensively drug resistant or XDR-TB on August 30. 

The victim is a 13-year-old girl from Gwalior. She had already undergone preliminary tests at the Delhi-based institute. Earlier in May, she was admitted and placed under quarantine at TB Hospital in Bhopal. 

"She stopped responding to multidrug-resistant(MDR) treatment sometime back and we sent her samples to NITRD suspecting XDR-TB. Since May, she has been tested positive twice and on August 30 she was confirmed as a XDR-TB patient," said TB hospital superintendent Ajay Khate."

India, Madhya Pradesh : Swine flu claims ninth victim in Bhopal

Via IBN Live :

" A 32-year-old man, who worked as a cameraman with a local news channel, died of swine flu at Bhopal, hospital on Tuesday.

The deceased, Santosh Joshi, had been admitted to a private hospital about a fortnight back and was diagnosed with swine flu. Joshi, who was on a ventilator, succumbed to the H1N1 virus on Monday, they said.

According to the health authorities, Joshi was the ninth swine flu victim in Bhopal this year."