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Close watch on situation in next 7 days: Collector
6 September 2009, 05:48am IST
PUNE: District collector Chandrakant Dalvi on Saturday said the swine flu situation in the city is being observed closely on the backdrop of
widespread crowding in the last three days of the Ganesh festival.
Dalvi said a close watch will be kept for patients displaying swine flu symptoms in the next 7 days, which is the incubation period of the H1N1 virus.
The collector pointed out that although the public largely refrained from crowding during Ganeshotsav, the last three days of the festival saw people thronging public places. "As of now, we have not registered any impact of the gathering. However, we will be monitoring the situation and also looking out for suspected swine flu cases."
Dalvi appealed to citizens to visit screening centres in case of symptoms like sneezing, coughing and flu. He added that the number of people visiting screening centres in the district has risen sharply in the last two days.
Outlining the current situation, Dalvi said, "There are 11 patients at the isolation ICUs of various government and private hospitals in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Of these, five are on ventilators and in a critical condition."
"As many as 5,000 people visited screening centres on Saturday, of which 149 were found to be suspected cases and given Tamiflu. Three positive cases were detected on Saturday. Besides, 49 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the city on Saturday," he stated.
The number of people screened across the district so far has reached 3.23 lakh (1 lakh = 100,000), while 15,304 have been administered Tamiflu. As many as 904 people have been found H1N1 positive in the district so far, Dalvi said.
Dalvi said the district administration, along with the city unit of the Indian Medical Association, has organised workshops for doctors working at the primary health centres and rural hospitals. "The aim is to strengthen the rural health care system. Doctors working in the rural areas that have registered H1N1 deaths will be given priority."
6 September 2009, 05:48am IST
PUNE: District collector Chandrakant Dalvi on Saturday said the swine flu situation in the city is being observed closely on the backdrop of
widespread crowding in the last three days of the Ganesh festival.
Dalvi said a close watch will be kept for patients displaying swine flu symptoms in the next 7 days, which is the incubation period of the H1N1 virus.
The collector pointed out that although the public largely refrained from crowding during Ganeshotsav, the last three days of the festival saw people thronging public places. "As of now, we have not registered any impact of the gathering. However, we will be monitoring the situation and also looking out for suspected swine flu cases."
Dalvi appealed to citizens to visit screening centres in case of symptoms like sneezing, coughing and flu. He added that the number of people visiting screening centres in the district has risen sharply in the last two days.
Outlining the current situation, Dalvi said, "There are 11 patients at the isolation ICUs of various government and private hospitals in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Of these, five are on ventilators and in a critical condition."
"As many as 5,000 people visited screening centres on Saturday, of which 149 were found to be suspected cases and given Tamiflu. Three positive cases were detected on Saturday. Besides, 49 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the city on Saturday," he stated.
The number of people screened across the district so far has reached 3.23 lakh (1 lakh = 100,000), while 15,304 have been administered Tamiflu. As many as 904 people have been found H1N1 positive in the district so far, Dalvi said.
Dalvi said the district administration, along with the city unit of the Indian Medical Association, has organised workshops for doctors working at the primary health centres and rural hospitals. "The aim is to strengthen the rural health care system. Doctors working in the rural areas that have registered H1N1 deaths will be given priority."
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