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Maharashtra docs threaten stir as H1N1 claims 5 more
TNN 25 August 2009, 02:43am IST
NEW DELHI: Five more people died of swine flu in the last 24 hours across the country ? two each in Maharashtra and Karnataka and one in Gujarat
? raising the countrywide toll to 64. There was more bad news from Maharashtra: the resident doctors of all government hospitals threatened to go on a strike on Tuesday even as the authorities said that the deadly H1N1 virus was spreading to rural areas.
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) president, Jeevan Rajput, said: ??Last month, we withdrew our strike on the assurance that our pay would be hiked. We were also promised that we wouldn?t be punished for going on strike. The authorities have ditched us and cut our salaries this month.??
He said MARD would go on a token strike on Tuesday followed by an indefinite stir in case their demand are not met.
The strike threat came even as the flu toll in Maharashtra rose to 39 with Pune registering 23 deaths. The state also reported 28 fresh cases of H1N1 virus infection.
Maharashtra additional chief secretary (health) Sharwaree Gokhale said the virus was spreading to the interiors of the state. ??We are finding H1N1 cases in districts like Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule and Latur,?? she said.
In Mumbai, Pushpa Choudhary, seven-month pregnant, fell to H1N1 at Kasturba Hospital on Monday, taking the count to eight in the metropolis, said health officials. Another fatality from Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease
at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada.
In Pune, most educational establishments, malls and theatres reopened on Monday after two weeks. Pune district guardian minister Ajit Pawar requested people to avoid mass gatherings during the 10-day Ganesh festival, which began on Sunday.
Saurashtra in Gujarat reported its first H1N1 death when Rajesh Udhad, 50, collapsed on Monday morning. Udhad?s death has taken the toll in the state to seven. Udhad, a businessman and father of two, was admitted to Wockhardt Hospital on August 20 after he complained of fever and a bad cough. The victim had tested positive for malaria as well as diabetes.
Maharashtra docs threaten stir as H1N1 claims 5 more
TNN 25 August 2009, 02:43am IST
NEW DELHI: Five more people died of swine flu in the last 24 hours across the country ? two each in Maharashtra and Karnataka and one in Gujarat
? raising the countrywide toll to 64. There was more bad news from Maharashtra: the resident doctors of all government hospitals threatened to go on a strike on Tuesday even as the authorities said that the deadly H1N1 virus was spreading to rural areas.
Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) president, Jeevan Rajput, said: ??Last month, we withdrew our strike on the assurance that our pay would be hiked. We were also promised that we wouldn?t be punished for going on strike. The authorities have ditched us and cut our salaries this month.??
He said MARD would go on a token strike on Tuesday followed by an indefinite stir in case their demand are not met.
The strike threat came even as the flu toll in Maharashtra rose to 39 with Pune registering 23 deaths. The state also reported 28 fresh cases of H1N1 virus infection.
Maharashtra additional chief secretary (health) Sharwaree Gokhale said the virus was spreading to the interiors of the state. ??We are finding H1N1 cases in districts like Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule and Latur,?? she said.
In Mumbai, Pushpa Choudhary, seven-month pregnant, fell to H1N1 at Kasturba Hospital on Monday, taking the count to eight in the metropolis, said health officials. Another fatality from Maharashtra was reported when 26-year-old Anil Sheshrao Chavan succumbed to the disease
at a hospital in Jalna in Marathwada.
In Pune, most educational establishments, malls and theatres reopened on Monday after two weeks. Pune district guardian minister Ajit Pawar requested people to avoid mass gatherings during the 10-day Ganesh festival, which began on Sunday.
Saurashtra in Gujarat reported its first H1N1 death when Rajesh Udhad, 50, collapsed on Monday morning. Udhad?s death has taken the toll in the state to seven. Udhad, a businessman and father of two, was admitted to Wockhardt Hospital on August 20 after he complained of fever and a bad cough. The victim had tested positive for malaria as well as diabetes.
