9 college students return with TB
In the past three months nine Bhutanese college students in Bangkok and India have been diagnosed with tuberculosis after they checked themselves at the national referral hospital in Thimphu. The latest case was that of a student from Bangkok diagnosed with the disease yesterday. According to doctors, all the cases, except for one, are thought to be contagious through sputum. Three of the students study in Bangalore, one in Shillong, two in Sikkim and three in Bangkok. All the students are also between the age group of 20 to 25.