Im British , female and was diagnosed with TB four years ago. I spent a year on TB therapy and am well now, although TB has left a scar on my lung & my life. What frightens me about this latest report is that in parts of the UK, especially semi rural areas, potential re-emergence of TB is not always an active concern of GP practices - my local practice dismissed my constant hacking cough , chronic fatigue and malaise as simply symptoms of a "whinging hypochondriac" . Only my own lack of faith in my GP eventually led me to hospital where I was diagnosed with chronic advanced TB of at least 3 years duration. The British government needs to implement more active screening, promote awareness in GP's to help identify carriers, and fund active district health services to ensure patients already on therapy STAY on therapy, and do not lapse, allowing TB to become drug resistant. What was a disease of the past, is now very much a threat to our present.

Vanessa Anthony, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Absolutely steve from Luon !!! What links has the UK with Somalia - is it in the Commonwealth ? What if it was the plague - how would officials react then ? Personally I can forsee a time it may come to that !!!

All for the sake of so called human rights - BALONEY !!!! Lets please have a safe and controlled immigration policy, not a free for all which appears to exsist at present !!!

Ian Payne, WALSALL,

whats he doing in the counry in the first place. First plane out ,I say. Its not a international health service, its our health service. Did he pay into the system, no he didn't.
Why don't some of those mega rich "brothers" of his look after him ?

Steve, LUON, England

So now can we stop people spitting in the streets?

Bill Glanvill, Horsham, Sussex

Deport him.

John, Lincoln,

Africa has many such people with the this untreatable TB, even South Africa, as well as other serious diseases and the former can be circulated in the air system on an aircraft. I have been writing and warning about this for over a year but the authorities do not listen and do something positive especially about the illegal immigrants who are most likely to be infected. And any illegal immigrant or one who is suspiciously so, must be sent back to where they came from on hte next aircraft, no sympathy. No medical services unless they pay for it full price. It is totally unfair to the tax payers who have worked hard for years to build the NHS. South Africa had a first class medical system, especially for Africa, but the ANC prefer to build football stadiums to hospitals; and much needed power stations.

B J Deller, Marbella, Spain

This is extremely serious - how many people has this man come into contact with? I fear that the great British public are having the wool pulled over their eyes by Dr Oliver Blatchford, when he says: “It is no more infectious than ordinary TB but it does require different treatment".

If he arrived on a plane his germs could have been circulated around the cabin for hours, every one of the passengers could pass TB onto their family and out into the wider community.

Get serious next time it could be ebola!!

The cost of his care is just the tip of a very large iceburg.

VJB, London ,

Another example of the damage that Somalia spreads not just in the horn of Africa but across the world

John Robinson, Prestwood, UK

Oh the joys of immigration !.We had one African in Northampton with leprosy,I wonder how many people he infected,before they found him?.

Ray Barrett, Daventry, England

Send him back he is not an asylum seeker he is one of the thousand that come to England for free medical care every year.
No wonder the NHS is screwed, you do not need health insuance travelling inthe uk, just turn up at a hospital, have an operation, baby anything, they do not ask for your insurance forms for foriegners... Easy touch
I have worked in hospitals, and have seen thisdaily occurance, when are we going to wake up and start charging, like very other medical service for non nationals...

darren, London, England

This man new very well what his problem was, and sort the best way to deal with the situation. He sort a country with laws that allow any old rubbish to come here. There used to be an actor on TV who said' We are doomed, I tell you doomed' and how right he was. We are doomed in this country, well and truly doomed. We will not be able to recognize where we live in 50 years. Doomed I tell you, doomed.

victor arram, westcliff,

Interntational Health Service to the rescue. No wonder taxes keep on going up to feed this bottomless pit

steve tea, manchester, cheshire

Why misuse language so badly with a hyperbolic headline - sadly before antibiotics all cases of TB in Britain were untreatable and many people died of it.

Richard, Newton Abbot,

There are 4 drugs for treating TB. The misuse (not taking all the medicine, just stopping when the majority of symptoms went away) has led to various strains of TB with various drug resistances. This strain is one of the few that has picked up tolerance for all 4 drugs. This indiviual is a serious health threat. He is a carrier (and potential distributor) of a disease that is spread somewhat easily and has no treatment venue. The return of TB due to these drug resistances has been the topic of health departments for more than a few years now. TB tends to leave most with a normal immune system and a good constitution with no major long term effects. It does have a harder bite on the elderly, the immuno-compromised, and those of poor constitution (the poor, the ill, the sick, and the elderly) in general.

Wes Byrd, Iowa City, Iowa USA

Yet another reason to end this immigration madness, our culture, our whole way of life is being deliberately and systematically destroyed by these reckless cretins who have bluffed their way into Parliament with no intention whatsoever of serving the Electorate, only to treat us all with utter contempt as they line their grubby pockets with OURmoney.
'Off with their heads!'

Clive Burghard LANCING, LANCING, ENGLAND

Just get rid of this fellow back where he came from,
asylum - seeker bringing gifts to Britain. Wonder how many he has already infected?

Barry Holmes, Christchurch, New Zealand

You know, I'm 15 and last year my year in school were the first to be decided not to be given the TB jab as apparently 'TB figures have dropped and it is now unneeded', or something along those lines. I'm not so sure now. Especially with so many immigrants coming over to this country! I certainly feel it was needed.

Sasha, Salford, UK