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Private village doctors in Gujarat to be trained for swine flu detection DEBARATI BASU
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Posted: Thu Sep 09 2010, 05:11 hrs
Vadodara: In an attempt to keep a check on the increasing number of swine flu cases from the rural and tribal talukas, the district health authorities have initiated training programmes for private practitioners at the village and taluka levels.
It has been a year since the H1N1 virus had first surfaced, but doctors at the village level are still struggling to identity patients who have contracted the virus, and provide them the immediate medication.
The Vadodara district health department has now decided to train doctors on identifying and treating such patients.
Dr R V Patel, Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) Officer, health department,Vadodara, said: ?Initially the virus was found to have affected people only in the cities, but now it has spread to the villages as well. But, we still find that the village doctors are ignorant on identifying and categorising patients with H1N1 virus at the initial stages and treating them accordingly or immediately refer them to the civil hospitals.?
At present, the district health officials are carrying out training programmes at the peripheral talukas of Vadodara, including Padra, Savli, Karjan and Waghodia.
Similar training programmes will be carried out at the tribal blocks.
?We have been instructing them on the symptoms of swine flu and how to identify such patients. The doctors then have to categorise the patient as per the seriousness of the case. We have also instructed them to put the patient on treatment immediately if it so warrants,? said Vijay Birla, Epidemic Medical Officer, Vadodara.
In the last three months, since the virus resurfaced, a large number of cases referred to SSG Hospital were from the rural and tribal blocks of Vadodara district.
Most of the patients, said authorities at SSG Hospital, were referred to them at a critical condition, and the patients could not be saved.
?To keep a check on the death rate due to swine flu, we have also given license to at least one medical store in every taluka which can sell Tamiflu drugs prescribed by an MBBS doctor. Medicines have also been provided at the Community Healthcare Centres,? Birla added.
Pregnant woman dies of swine flu
A 22-year-old pregnant woman died of swine flu on Wednesday. Ranjanben Parmar was a resident of Kankapura village of Borsad taluka in Anand district. She was admitted to a city-based private hospital on August 31.
Doctors confirmed that she was in a critical stage at the time of admission. She was four months pregnant.
Besides, two other people have tested positive for swine flu. They include a 54-year-old man from Rajpipla and a 52-year-old woman from Gotri. Both were admitted to private hospitals.
Private village doctors in Gujarat to be trained for swine flu detection DEBARATI BASU
Tags : swineflu
Posted: Thu Sep 09 2010, 05:11 hrs
Vadodara: In an attempt to keep a check on the increasing number of swine flu cases from the rural and tribal talukas, the district health authorities have initiated training programmes for private practitioners at the village and taluka levels.
It has been a year since the H1N1 virus had first surfaced, but doctors at the village level are still struggling to identity patients who have contracted the virus, and provide them the immediate medication.
The Vadodara district health department has now decided to train doctors on identifying and treating such patients.
Dr R V Patel, Reproductive and Child Healthcare (RCH) Officer, health department,Vadodara, said: ?Initially the virus was found to have affected people only in the cities, but now it has spread to the villages as well. But, we still find that the village doctors are ignorant on identifying and categorising patients with H1N1 virus at the initial stages and treating them accordingly or immediately refer them to the civil hospitals.?
At present, the district health officials are carrying out training programmes at the peripheral talukas of Vadodara, including Padra, Savli, Karjan and Waghodia.
Similar training programmes will be carried out at the tribal blocks.
?We have been instructing them on the symptoms of swine flu and how to identify such patients. The doctors then have to categorise the patient as per the seriousness of the case. We have also instructed them to put the patient on treatment immediately if it so warrants,? said Vijay Birla, Epidemic Medical Officer, Vadodara.
In the last three months, since the virus resurfaced, a large number of cases referred to SSG Hospital were from the rural and tribal blocks of Vadodara district.
Most of the patients, said authorities at SSG Hospital, were referred to them at a critical condition, and the patients could not be saved.
?To keep a check on the death rate due to swine flu, we have also given license to at least one medical store in every taluka which can sell Tamiflu drugs prescribed by an MBBS doctor. Medicines have also been provided at the Community Healthcare Centres,? Birla added.
Pregnant woman dies of swine flu
A 22-year-old pregnant woman died of swine flu on Wednesday. Ranjanben Parmar was a resident of Kankapura village of Borsad taluka in Anand district. She was admitted to a city-based private hospital on August 31.
Doctors confirmed that she was in a critical stage at the time of admission. She was four months pregnant.
Besides, two other people have tested positive for swine flu. They include a 54-year-old man from Rajpipla and a 52-year-old woman from Gotri. Both were admitted to private hospitals.
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