Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Surfaces in India
The Times News Network is reporting that a new strain of Totally Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (TDR-TB) has infected at least 12 patients at Hinduja Hospital in Mahim, India.
This mutant TB strain is the latest in a nightmare pattern of drug resistance that emerged 15 years ago. The Indian news agency said that doctors simply cannot save these latest victims of TB, and are resorting the methods of treatment that would not seem out of place in pre-industrialized society:
From the emergence of Multi-Drug-Resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) in 1992 to the arrival of Extremely Drug-Resistant TB (XDR-TB ) a few years ago, the TB bacilli have now reached a totally resistant form. The new, deadlier form is Totally Drug-Resistant TB (TDR-TB ). ‘A hundred years ago, TB patients were sent to the sanatorium for treatment. With the emergence of these various drug-resistant strains, we have come full circle to the idea for sanatoria. We have little to offer these patients except for drastic surgery and medication for some relief,’ said Dr Zarir Udwadia, of Hinduja Hospital, Mahim.
According to the World Health Organization, tuberculosis killed 1.7 million people in 2009, equal to 4,700 deaths per day.
Zac Shaw
Zac Shaw is an end times analyst in New York. When not weighing in on the disastrous news of the day, he is one half of apocalyptic indie-core duo Dead Unicorn and runs the Music for End Times record label with bandmate Paul Heath.
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