Dehradun: Uttarkhand chief minister Harish Rawat on Friday directed officials to ensure necessary precautions are taken against H1N1 influenza.
Rawat also asked all district magistrates (DM) in the state to ensure that hospitals in every district have a separate ward for lodging swine flu patients. In case of swine flu in any district, the patients should be treated on priority, he directed.
Out of a total of 52 suspected cases in the state, 12 have tested positive. The state government sounded an alert in all the districts with immediate effect on Friday.
Principal secretary (medical health) Om Prakash said out of 52 samples of suspected patients of swine flu sent to Delhi-based National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) for clinical test over a week ago, 12 were confirmed as positive while the report of 40 other samples is still awaited. Two patients of 12 have succumbed to the disease.
Referring to the death of the Dehradun schoolgirl on Thursday, director-general (DG) Joshi made it clear the victim could have died of died of swine flu but her test report is still awaited. "Unless we receive her test report we cannot jump to any conclusion," said a senior medical officer at Doon Hospital.
Referring to the complaints of shortage of medicines, Rawat instructed the officials concerned to ensure adequate supply of these medicines be made available in all state, district and block-level government hospitals.
The CM also sought reports from all DMs on the arrangements made in their areas to combat swine flu.
Udham Singh Nagar DM said two positive cases of swine flu have been reported from the district, while other DMs said there had enough medicines and are prepared to deal with the outbreak of the disease on a largerscale.
The DG, health, has been asked to maintain coordination between private hospitals and ensure that there is sufficient stock of medicines available at all times.
Chief secretary N Ravi Shankar told TOI that all DMs and other senior district and medical authorities have been instructed to make sure that doctors on duty take extra care of the patients admitted in different CHCs, PHCs and other government-owned hospitals.
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Rawat also asked all district magistrates (DM) in the state to ensure that hospitals in every district have a separate ward for lodging swine flu patients. In case of swine flu in any district, the patients should be treated on priority, he directed.
Out of a total of 52 suspected cases in the state, 12 have tested positive. The state government sounded an alert in all the districts with immediate effect on Friday.
Principal secretary (medical health) Om Prakash said out of 52 samples of suspected patients of swine flu sent to Delhi-based National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) for clinical test over a week ago, 12 were confirmed as positive while the report of 40 other samples is still awaited. Two patients of 12 have succumbed to the disease.
Referring to the death of the Dehradun schoolgirl on Thursday, director-general (DG) Joshi made it clear the victim could have died of died of swine flu but her test report is still awaited. "Unless we receive her test report we cannot jump to any conclusion," said a senior medical officer at Doon Hospital.
Referring to the complaints of shortage of medicines, Rawat instructed the officials concerned to ensure adequate supply of these medicines be made available in all state, district and block-level government hospitals.
The CM also sought reports from all DMs on the arrangements made in their areas to combat swine flu.
Udham Singh Nagar DM said two positive cases of swine flu have been reported from the district, while other DMs said there had enough medicines and are prepared to deal with the outbreak of the disease on a largerscale.
The DG, health, has been asked to maintain coordination between private hospitals and ensure that there is sufficient stock of medicines available at all times.
Chief secretary N Ravi Shankar told TOI that all DMs and other senior district and medical authorities have been instructed to make sure that doctors on duty take extra care of the patients admitted in different CHCs, PHCs and other government-owned hospitals.
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