Mumbai, Nov. 13: Drug-maker Sandoz has been asked to recall a batch of wrongly-packaged tuberculosis (TB) drugs from the market. The incorrect packaging was first discovered in Mumbai and the recall will cover five States.

Last month, when a more resistant type of tuberculosis was reported from India, it threatened to take a little of the sheen away from the country's healthcare community that was in self-congratulatory mode for successfully controlling polio. Soon enough, Government authorities got involved — rapping the hospital that reported the highly resistant TB for creating a scare, and wrapping the incident in semantic knots.