Two medical students of the Dr Rajender Prasad Government Medical College (DRPGMC), Tanda, who were admitted in the college hospital yesterday with suspected swine flu symptoms, tested positive for swine flu. With this, the number of swine flu cases has gone up to three in the district.
Disclosing this here today, Medical Superintendent, DRPGMC, Tanda, Dr Dinesh Sood said both girls were admitted for observation in the special ward and their samples sent for H1N1 testing to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla. Their report was received today and they were tested positive. The students had gone to Goa on a tour last week. But when they returned they developed swine flu symptoms and were admitted to the medical college, doctors said.
Dr Sood said the patients were admitted to the hospital three days ago and they have been shifted to the isolation room after they were tested for the swine flu.
He said both girls were put on medication and were stable. Experts said there were specific World Health Organisation’s guidelines for the treatment of different categories of H1N1 patients and these guidelines were being adhered to in the right perspective, but added that adequate quantity of medicines should be available with hospitals to treat patients.
Chief Medical Officer, Kangra, Dr BM Gupta said there was nothing to panic and those who were suffering from cough, cold, sore throat and high fever should consult a doctor and get preventive treatment.
On the other hand 55-year-old Satya Devi’s condition was improving. She is a resident of Alampur village and was the first patient who was tested positive for swine flu at the IGMC lab, doctors said.
She was admitted to the isolation ward of the Tanda hospital and was under treatment. Medical superintendent IGMC Dr Ramesh Chand said: “We have an isolation ward at the IGMC, but no patient has been tested positive for flu at the hospital so far,” he said.
Director health services Dr RK Sharma said they have passed the guidelines to all chief medical officers in each district hospital and have asked them to keep isolation rooms at every hospital for patients testing positive for flu. “We have enough tamifu tablets to treat patients,” he said.
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Disclosing this here today, Medical Superintendent, DRPGMC, Tanda, Dr Dinesh Sood said both girls were admitted for observation in the special ward and their samples sent for H1N1 testing to the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla. Their report was received today and they were tested positive. The students had gone to Goa on a tour last week. But when they returned they developed swine flu symptoms and were admitted to the medical college, doctors said.
Dr Sood said the patients were admitted to the hospital three days ago and they have been shifted to the isolation room after they were tested for the swine flu.
He said both girls were put on medication and were stable. Experts said there were specific World Health Organisation’s guidelines for the treatment of different categories of H1N1 patients and these guidelines were being adhered to in the right perspective, but added that adequate quantity of medicines should be available with hospitals to treat patients.
Chief Medical Officer, Kangra, Dr BM Gupta said there was nothing to panic and those who were suffering from cough, cold, sore throat and high fever should consult a doctor and get preventive treatment.
On the other hand 55-year-old Satya Devi’s condition was improving. She is a resident of Alampur village and was the first patient who was tested positive for swine flu at the IGMC lab, doctors said.
She was admitted to the isolation ward of the Tanda hospital and was under treatment. Medical superintendent IGMC Dr Ramesh Chand said: “We have an isolation ward at the IGMC, but no patient has been tested positive for flu at the hospital so far,” he said.
Docs advise
Patients who develop symptoms of acute cold, fever and vomiting, which get prolonged for three to four days, should be admitted to the hospital and tested for influenza
Source: The Tribune
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