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Hospitals say prepared to fight flu
Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN | Apr 10, 2012, 02.57AM IST
NEW DELHI: All government hospitals have been put on alert after six cases of swine flu were confirmed in the capital.
"The first case was reported from Gokulpuri in northeast Delhi in January. Other cases have been reported from Vasant Vihar, Dwarka and Ram Nagar near Loni. All patients have been discharged after treatment," Singh said.
Dr Sarman Singh, professor of microbiology at AIIMS, said the H1N1 virus did not pose a serious threat anymore. "In year 2009, when H1N1 cases were reported for the first time, we had no medicine or practical experience to deal with it. But now we have medicines and even vaccines needed to treat and prevent the disease," he said.
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Durgesh Nandan Jha, TNN | Apr 10, 2012, 02.57AM IST
NEW DELHI: All government hospitals have been put on alert after six cases of swine flu were confirmed in the capital.
"The first case was reported from Gokulpuri in northeast Delhi in January. Other cases have been reported from Vasant Vihar, Dwarka and Ram Nagar near Loni. All patients have been discharged after treatment," Singh said.
Dr Sarman Singh, professor of microbiology at AIIMS, said the H1N1 virus did not pose a serious threat anymore. "In year 2009, when H1N1 cases were reported for the first time, we had no medicine or practical experience to deal with it. But now we have medicines and even vaccines needed to treat and prevent the disease," he said.
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