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| 22 suspects hanging, Minister says nothing to worry H1N1 scare | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, AUG 13: Assuring that the state administration is fully geared up to tackle the Swine Flu pandemic as sufficient stock of medicines and testing equipments available, the Minister for Health, Mr. Sham Lal Sharma apprised that the Health Department has prepared an action plan to take care of cases suffering from Swine Flu besides Rapid Response Teams (RRTs) have also been constituted at divisional level.
Addressing media persons here this evening, the Minister informed that the government is setting up screening/isolation centres both at Srinagar and Jammu. Jammu Screening centre would be established at Yatri Bhawan, Bhagwati Nagar while a non functional maternity home at Sannat Nagar would be used as Isolation centre at Srinagar. The facilities for screening the suspected patents, collection of samples for testing of H1N1, isolation of the patients and their treatment will be carried out at these centres. Only very sick patients requiring intensive monitoring will be shifted to Medical Colleges besides the surveillance centres would be functional round the clock. However, samples’ collection timing shall be between 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
Mr. Sham Lal appealed to the public not to panic as the disease is fully curable. He assured the situation is not so alarming and appropriate measures would be taken accordingly to tackle the situation if it deteriorates further.
The Minister asserted that surveillance teams comprising of doctors and paramedicos have been deployed at the airports at Jammu, Srinagar and Leh and RRT’s are being deployed at Railway Stations, Jammu for active surveillance. The district hospitals have also been put on high alert and to create awareness amongst general masses, doctors, a number of activities are being carried out which mainly include training programmes, distribution of information brochures containing do’s and don’t’s, sign and symptoms of the disease.
It was informed that till date 22 samples of Swine Flu suspects have been collected in Government Medical College, Jammu including one sample of a child from SMGS Hospital, Jammu, out of which one sample so far has been detected positive. The latest consignment of medicines, Triple Layer Masks, testing kits has also been received.
Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Dr. Pawan Kotwal, Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, Mr. M. K. Dwivedi, Director Health Services, Jammu, Dr. Jasbir Singh, Director School Education, Jammu, Mrs. Zahida Khan, Director Tourism, Jammu, Mr. S. M. Sahni and Principal, GMC, Jammu, Dr. Rajinder Singh.
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