Last year Dr. Kumar, head of the health ministry's Central TB Division, publicly criticized Hinduja Hospital and its researchers, saying their findings of "total drug resistance" published in a medical journal would hurt Indian tourism and should have been reported to him first.

WSJ: TB Fight Hits a Wall in India

First reports said three people had died but the Minister for Health Sussanne Aho Assouma reported after a visit to the disaster victims at Lome's central hospital that the death toll had risen to four.

BBC: Togo toll rises to four

Central to the complaints of Lewisham residents and indeed many of the health staff working at the hospital is that they are being penalised because of the problems built up at another trust.

BBC: NHS controversy: A sign of things to come?