Health ministry officials say there are more than 500 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu strain across the country.
Anxious people with flu symptoms queued up outside health centres in Pune.
Almost all of them were wearing face masks.
One hospital had only 12 doctors to treat the 1,000 people who had gathered outside, the AFP news agency reported.
It said fights broke out as patience wore thin.
“I have been standing outside the hospital since four in the morning. No doctors have called me in for the tests,” one man told an Indian news channel.
The number of people going for tests increased after school girl Rida Shaikh died from the disease on Monday.
Her family has alleged negligence on the part of the doctors and the hospital where she was treated and have filed a complaint with the police.
The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April and has since spread to at least 74 countries.
The virus is thought to have killed almost 800 people around the world.
- Swine flu panic grips Indian city, BBC.co.uk, August 6, 2009.
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