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Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
CHANDIGARH/MOHALI: With the spread of H1N1 influenza not showing any signs of abating, 12 persons were detected positive for the flu on Saturday.
Of these, five cases were reported from Mohali alone. Three persons have fallen prey to the flu during the last few days.
UT nodal officer for swine flu H C Gera said an eight-year-old, a student of Class III at Ryan International School, was found infected with H1N1. The student?s parents are doctors. After the flu status was confirmed, the school suspended all sections of Class III for one week, the officer said, adding that students who used to travel in the patient?s bus had also been asked to remain home for the same period.
A 25-year-old from Yamunanagar in Haryana also tested positive for the flu at PGI.
Meanwhile, UT officer Gera said five positive cases were reported from various parts of Punjab. These included a woman and her 15-day-old child. The mother gave birth to twins after which she developed symptoms of swine flu and on collecting the samples she tested positive, after which the newborns were checked and one was found infected.
In Mohali, five persons were found infected with swine flu, taking the total number of positive cases to be detected in the district to 25. If those whose swab samples were sent to Chandigarh hospitals for testing are also taken into
consideration, the number would climb up to 37.
Of the five cases detected on Saturday, one is a nursing student at Fortis Hospital. Mohali district health officer S P Surila said the hospital had been asked to identify the contact cases.
DHO Surila said as there were 70 students in the nursing college, the hospital had been asked to find out if anybody had caught the infection. ??We have advised them not to let students attend to patients for their training programme and we?ve been assured full cooperation,?? the officer said. Of the remaining four cases, one case each was reported from Sector 69, Sector 67, Saini Vihar Baltana and Kurali.
In Sector 69, a 25-year-old woman was found positive. She is a staff nurse at PGI Chandigarh. From Baltana, a woman was found infected with H1N1, from Sector 67, a resident of Guru Har Sahai Society tested positive and her nine contact cases had been identified already. A 24-year-old youth from Kurali was also found infected. Surila said all the positive cases had been asked to contact the emergency department of civil hospital for their treatment.
CHANDIGARH/MOHALI: With the spread of H1N1 influenza not showing any signs of abating, 12 persons were detected positive for the flu on Saturday.
Of these, five cases were reported from Mohali alone. Three persons have fallen prey to the flu during the last few days.
UT nodal officer for swine flu H C Gera said an eight-year-old, a student of Class III at Ryan International School, was found infected with H1N1. The student?s parents are doctors. After the flu status was confirmed, the school suspended all sections of Class III for one week, the officer said, adding that students who used to travel in the patient?s bus had also been asked to remain home for the same period.
A 25-year-old from Yamunanagar in Haryana also tested positive for the flu at PGI.
Meanwhile, UT officer Gera said five positive cases were reported from various parts of Punjab. These included a woman and her 15-day-old child. The mother gave birth to twins after which she developed symptoms of swine flu and on collecting the samples she tested positive, after which the newborns were checked and one was found infected.
In Mohali, five persons were found infected with swine flu, taking the total number of positive cases to be detected in the district to 25. If those whose swab samples were sent to Chandigarh hospitals for testing are also taken into
consideration, the number would climb up to 37.
Of the five cases detected on Saturday, one is a nursing student at Fortis Hospital. Mohali district health officer S P Surila said the hospital had been asked to identify the contact cases.
DHO Surila said as there were 70 students in the nursing college, the hospital had been asked to find out if anybody had caught the infection. ??We have advised them not to let students attend to patients for their training programme and we?ve been assured full cooperation,?? the officer said. Of the remaining four cases, one case each was reported from Sector 69, Sector 67, Saini Vihar Baltana and Kurali.
In Sector 69, a 25-year-old woman was found positive. She is a staff nurse at PGI Chandigarh. From Baltana, a woman was found infected with H1N1, from Sector 67, a resident of Guru Har Sahai Society tested positive and her nine contact cases had been identified already. A 24-year-old youth from Kurali was also found infected. Surila said all the positive cases had been asked to contact the emergency department of civil hospital for their treatment.
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