With three more cases of swine flu -- two from Lucknow and one from Allahabad detected on Friday -- the total number of persons found infected with H1N1 virus in the state has reached to 145 this year. Of this, seven victims have already lost their lives.
In Lucknow, one Chaitali Biswas (30) and Aman Akash (20) tested positive for the virus at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) on Friday. A resident of Kolkata, Chaitali was on a visit to SGPGI where she went for a routine check up following symptoms of cold and fever. Akash happens to be the resident of Lucknow. Chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla said that the two have been quarantined.
In all, over a dozen patients are under close observation at SGPGI alone. This include five patients who have been admitted to the Tertiary Care Institute. Medical superintendent, SGPGIMS, Dr AK Bhatt said that the patients were being constantly monitored. Another seven patients have been quarantined and provided medicine `Tamiflu' and masks.
Meanwhile, Allahabad registered its first victim of swine flu on Friday when a 63-year-old woman hailing from Pratapgarh was found positive at SGPGI. The woman was further admitted to Army Hospital in an isolated ward where a team of doctors are treating her. She was administered with Tamiflu and the mask.
Medical officer, epidemic cell, Dr Rajendra Kumar told TOI that the woman had approached the hospital authorities three days back and doctors had sent her swab sample to SGPGI, Lucknow for test. On Friday, the woman was found positive for swine flu.
No case of swine flu has been detected from Varanasi this year. Ironically, the city, which receives a number of foreign tourists is yet to initiate screening of passengers at its airport.
"So far we have not received any instructions to start the screening at airport though sporadic cases of infectious swine flu are pouring from central and western part of the state,'' said Dr Shaukat Kamal, assistant director, National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD), Varanasi and nodal officer for swine flu in the region while talking to TOI on Friday. Only the health staffs and paramedics involved in the control programme have been vaccinated on a precautionary note in the region, he added.
It may be mentioned here that around 20,000 air passengers of international flights were screened for suspected swine flu cases at Babatpur Airport during the period of nine months (May 2009 to January 2010).
Dr RS Verma, chief medical officer, Varanasi, claimed that as many as two isolation wards (each with 10-beds) at DDU and SPG hospitals have been reserved for swine flu cases while a stock of around 7,500 Tamiflu tablets are ready to meet any emergency situation. Likewise, as many as 45 swine flu protection kit with gloves and face masks apart from 15 sample collection kits are also available with the department, he added.
No swine flu case was reported from Kanpur, even though one suspected case of swine flu was reported in July. The patient, thankfully, tested negative.
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In Lucknow, one Chaitali Biswas (30) and Aman Akash (20) tested positive for the virus at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) on Friday. A resident of Kolkata, Chaitali was on a visit to SGPGI where she went for a routine check up following symptoms of cold and fever. Akash happens to be the resident of Lucknow. Chief medical officer Dr AK Shukla said that the two have been quarantined.
In all, over a dozen patients are under close observation at SGPGI alone. This include five patients who have been admitted to the Tertiary Care Institute. Medical superintendent, SGPGIMS, Dr AK Bhatt said that the patients were being constantly monitored. Another seven patients have been quarantined and provided medicine `Tamiflu' and masks.
Meanwhile, Allahabad registered its first victim of swine flu on Friday when a 63-year-old woman hailing from Pratapgarh was found positive at SGPGI. The woman was further admitted to Army Hospital in an isolated ward where a team of doctors are treating her. She was administered with Tamiflu and the mask.
Medical officer, epidemic cell, Dr Rajendra Kumar told TOI that the woman had approached the hospital authorities three days back and doctors had sent her swab sample to SGPGI, Lucknow for test. On Friday, the woman was found positive for swine flu.
No case of swine flu has been detected from Varanasi this year. Ironically, the city, which receives a number of foreign tourists is yet to initiate screening of passengers at its airport.
"So far we have not received any instructions to start the screening at airport though sporadic cases of infectious swine flu are pouring from central and western part of the state,'' said Dr Shaukat Kamal, assistant director, National Institute of Communicable Disease (NICD), Varanasi and nodal officer for swine flu in the region while talking to TOI on Friday. Only the health staffs and paramedics involved in the control programme have been vaccinated on a precautionary note in the region, he added.
It may be mentioned here that around 20,000 air passengers of international flights were screened for suspected swine flu cases at Babatpur Airport during the period of nine months (May 2009 to January 2010).
Dr RS Verma, chief medical officer, Varanasi, claimed that as many as two isolation wards (each with 10-beds) at DDU and SPG hospitals have been reserved for swine flu cases while a stock of around 7,500 Tamiflu tablets are ready to meet any emergency situation. Likewise, as many as 45 swine flu protection kit with gloves and face masks apart from 15 sample collection kits are also available with the department, he added.
No swine flu case was reported from Kanpur, even though one suspected case of swine flu was reported in July. The patient, thankfully, tested negative.
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