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September 07, 2009 10:00 IST
The swine flu epidemic now sweeping India should give the government and the Medical Council of India the needed impetus to move rapidly on an initiative to train doctors in the treatment of infectious diseases, Dr Navin Shah has said.
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One reason for the large number of deaths in India was that primary care physicians tended to misdiagnose patients at the early stage, when proper diagnosis could have resulted in a cure, Shah said, adding that this was likely the case with the ongoing swine flu epidemic as well. "The number of deaths could be more than is reported by the media, because news is being curtailed so as not to spread fear and panic among the people there," he said.
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The swine flu epidemic now sweeping India should give the government and the Medical Council of India the needed impetus to move rapidly on an initiative to train doctors in the treatment of infectious diseases, Dr Navin Shah has said.
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One reason for the large number of deaths in India was that primary care physicians tended to misdiagnose patients at the early stage, when proper diagnosis could have resulted in a cure, Shah said, adding that this was likely the case with the ongoing swine flu epidemic as well. "The number of deaths could be more than is reported by the media, because news is being curtailed so as not to spread fear and panic among the people there," he said.
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