H1N1 in medical personnel (India) चिकित्सा कर्मियों

[sharon sanders]

<table class="tborder" id="post303750" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td class="thead">October 10th, 2009, 04:04 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="alt2"></td> <td nowrap="nowrap"> Shiloh <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_303750", true); </script>
Editor
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 15,624


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_303750"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5110589.cms

Four new swine flu cases among medical students
TNN 10 October 2009, 10:50pm IST

BHAVNAGAR: Four more students at Government Medical College (GMC), Bhavnagar, tested positive for swine flu on Saturday, creating panic in the hospital campus. On Friday, three students had tested positive for the dreaded H1N1 virus.

Hospital and hostel authorities have confirmed seven positive cases, but are not ready to divulge details. However, dean Dr Parmar said only one more positive case was reported on Saturday. Bhavnagar University declared Diwali vacation from Saturday.

Authorities had ordered all the 140 hostelites in the government college hostel on Jail Road not to leave the hostel. Six students were locked up in one room. Not following the dictate, some fled by jumping over the wall. In some cases, parents reached the city and took their wards away.

"Two students who had tested positive were being kept in the hostel. So, panic spread among the other 60-odd hostelites there," said a parent who has taken his daughter away.

Meanwhile, principal health secretary of the state Ravi Saxena said in Ahmedabad that authorities are not stopping any undergraduate student, who is asymptomatic, from leaving. He also said the process was being streamlined.

Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) health officer Dr BS Sinha said, "Those who have shown signs of swine flu can't be let out as they will spread the disease. At present, there are seven H1N1 positive cases and about 10 suspected cases at the college."

Collector of Bhavnagar Pradip Shah said, "We have allowed students not suspected of having swine flu to go home. To my knowledge, only one positive case of a postgraduate student in the orthopaedic branch was reported today."
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 303750 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">Shiloh</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by Shiloh</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 303750 popup menu --> <!-- / post #303750 --><!-- post #304107 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post304107" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 12th, 2009, 08:46 AM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_304107", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_304107"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: Four new A/H1N1 flu cases among med students (Gujarat)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Doctor confirmed of swine flu infection
STAFF WRITER 18:2 HRS IST
Rourkela (Orissa), Oct 12 (PTI) A doctor from Jharkhand working with SAIL was today tested positive for swine flu here.

Anup Kumar Bansal (45) of neighbouring Jharkhand, was admitted to Ispat General Hospital (IGH) here on Thursday with complaint of high fever, hospital official said.

His throat swab and blood samples were sent to Kolkata for test and was subsequently found H1N1 positive, they said.

Bansal is being kept on ventilator in the isolated intensive care unit (ICU), where his condition is stated to be critical, they said.

He was working as an ENT specialist in Kiriburu mines under Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL).
http://ptinews.com/news/327502_Docto...-flu-infection
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 304107 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 304107 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #304107 --><!-- post #304278 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post304278" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 12th, 2009, 03:45 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_304278", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_304278"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Orissa doc down with swine flu
TNN 12 October 2009, 11:08pm IST

ROURKELA: A doctor enployed with SAIL tested positive for swine flu on Monday. A K Banwar, a doctor posted at SAIL's Kiriburu mines hospital, was
admitted to IGH here with severe respiratory problems on Thursday afternoon.

Suspecting swine flu, doctors sent his swab samples to Kolkata. The report came back positive on Monday. "We have kept him in isolation in the ICU and administered the necessary medicines," IGH deputy director S Mishra said. "We have also advised his wife, who is also a doctor at the same hospital, to take preventive drugs," Mishra added.

Banwar, who hails from Jharkhand, had gone to Jamshedpur during Durga Puja. He is suspected to have come in contact with an infected person during his stay at Jamshedpur.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5117305.cms
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 304278 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 304278 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #304278 --><!-- post #304279 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post304279" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 12th, 2009, 03:46 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_304279", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_304279"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Doc tests positive for swine flu
TNN 12 October 2009, 02:53am IST

CHANDIGARH: A 23-year-old doctor of PGI tested positive for swine flu on Sunday. The doctor is the colleague of the junior resident doctor from
department of psychiatry who had tested positive two days ago for the virus. Besides, one suspected patient, 40-year-old woman from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh, was admitted to PGI, with symptoms of the disease.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5113660.cms
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 304279 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 304279 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #304279 --><!-- post #304985 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post304985" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 14th, 2009, 04:27 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_304985", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_304985"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Medical student tests A(H1N1) positive

PUDUCHERRY: A medical student of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research tested positive for A (H1N1) influenza on Wednesday. He has been admitted to Government Hospital for Chest Diseases, Gorimedu, for observation, according to officials of the Health Department.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/15/stor...1552310300.htm
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 304985 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 304985 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #304985 --><!-- post #306426 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post306426" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 18th, 2009, 05:49 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> Roehl_JC <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_306426", true); </script>
Senior User
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: New Brighton, Christchurch, New Zealand
Posts: 111


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_306426"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Senior doctor confirmed positive for H1N1 and dozens of other HCWs have had it.


http://www.rxpgnews.com/indianhealth...u_197509.shtml

Chandigarh, Oct 17 - A senior doctor at a leading hospital here has tested positive for the influenza A - virus, a health official said Saturday.

He is among the dozens of doctors and other medical staff here who have contracted swine flu.

'The patient is a resident doctor of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research -. He was exhibiting symptoms of swine flu like running nose, high fever and bad throat. We had collected his throat and nasal swab samples Thursday and his report has come positive,' a health official said.

'His condition is stable and he is responding well to treatment. Due to the nature of work, doctors and other hospital staff have become more prone to infection. We instructed them to follow all the precautionary measures and to remain extra cautious,' he said.

Till now, nearly 250 suspected cases of swine flu have been reported in Chandigarh hospitals, of which over 40 have proved positive. One casualty has been reported till now.

In Chandigarh, testing facility of this virus is available at the virology department of PGIMER, which is catering to Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

Quarantined wards for the treatment of swine flu have been established at PGIMER, Government Medical College and Hospital and Government Hospital.
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 306426 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">Roehl_JC</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by Roehl_JC</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 306426 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #306426 --><!-- post #306434 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post306434" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 18th, 2009, 06:57 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_306434", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_306434"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> 5 students test positive for H1N1
October 19th, 2009
By Our Correspondent
Puducherry: Five MBBS students of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER) here have tested positive for H1NI influenza.
Sources said the swab and blood samples of the five students were tested in the last two days and were found to be positive.
They have been given Tamiflu and put on quarantine at the intensive care unit in JIPMER.
How they contacted the virus is yet to be established
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chenn...itive-h1n1-795
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 306434 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 306434 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #306434 --><!-- post #307251 --> <!-- this is not the last post shown on the page --> <table class="tborder" id="post307251" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> October 20th, 2009, 06:05 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_307251", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_307251"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Advisory group formed for H1N1
Aditya Dev, TNN 21 October 2009, 02:29am IST

CHANDIGARH: Bracing up for winter to counter the spread of swine flu in the region, UT health department has constituted an advisory group to
examine the gravity of the situation and formulate policies accordingly.

One of the most important jobs assigned to the committee is to study the pattern and mutation of virus, if there is any. The panel will make recommendations for future planning and preparedness.

There are eight members in the committee, led by home-cum-health secretary Ram Niwas. Other members included UT director, health and family welfare, medical superintendents of three government hospitals, heads of community medicine and virology departments of PGI, medical director of INSCOL hospital and nodal officer for swine flu.

Talking to TOI, the health secretary said steps like prevention and control of swine flu were being undertaken and the committee?s role would only strengthen the programme. He added that residents were being made aware about precautionary measures through advertisements.

So far, 333 suspected patients have been tested for the virus and of them, 50 tested positive. Of all the positive patients, 28 are from Chandigarh and 11 each from Haryana and Punjab.

Incidentally, of 28 Chandigarh cases, 13 are doctors and constitute 45% of the cases. Of late, most of the cases are locally acquired. The incidence of positive cases has also gone up in the last one month with 21 cases reported during this period.
Prof Rajesh Kumar, head of Public Health School at PGI, said, ?World-over no mutation in the strain of virus has been reported so far.?
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5143351.cms
<!-- / message -->

<!-- controls --> <!-- / controls -->

<!-- message, attachments, sig --> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- post 307251 popup menu --> <table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"> <tbody><tr> <td class="thead">RoRo</td> </tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">View Public Profile</td></tr> <tr><td class="vbmenu_option">Find all posts by RoRo</td></tr> </tbody></table>
<!-- / post 307251 popup menu -->
<!-- / post #307251 --><!-- post #307720 --> <table class="tborder" id="post307720" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" width="100%"><tbody><tr> <td class="thead">
<!-- status icon and date --> Yesterday, 07:03 PM <!-- / status icon and date -->
</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt2" style="padding: 0px;"> <!-- user info --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="6" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td nowrap="nowrap"> RoRo <script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("postmenu_307720", true); </script>
Moderator
</td> <td width="100%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top"> Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Riverside, NJ, USA
Posts: 685


</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <!-- / user info --> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="alt1" id="td_post_307720"> <!-- message, attachments, sig --> <!-- icon and title --> Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)
<hr style="color: rgb(204, 204, 204); background-color: rgb(204, 204, 204);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> Four private hospital doctors H1N1 suspects
TNN 22 October 2009, 01:30am IST

MOHALI: Four doctors of the private hospital where a swine flu patient recently passed away are being suspected of carrying H1N1 influenza. District
health authorities have directed the hospital to put the medicos under quarantine. Binu Gupta, 48, was the first H1N1 victim from Himachal Pradesh. She was undergoing treatment at Silver Oaks Hospital in Phase IX, where she passed away on Sunday.

Meanwhile, health authorities sent an epidemiologist to the hospital for checking if the ICU was safe enough to re-open after it was closed for 72 hours following Gupta?s death.

Dr Sunita Paul conducted a check to ascertain whether guidelines were being properly followed at the hospital. Mohali district health officer S P Surila said the doctor?s report would decide the future course of action.

??As four doctors are H1N1 suspects, directions have been issued to quarantine them and begin their treatment,?? he added. A day after the hospital was directed to explain the lapses found on its part while dealing with the swine flu patient, it submitted its reply to Surila. Admitting its fault of not informing district authorities about the patient, the hospital claimed it was not aware that Gupta had swine flu.

??They have assured that all guidelines will be followed properly in the future,?? said the district health officer
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5146875.cms
</td></tr></tbody></table>

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Roehl_JC

Bangalore, Oct 27 (IANS) Members of the medical fraternity across Bangalore?s hospitals are undergoing special screening tests for the H1N1 virus, after seven doctors in the city tested positive for swine flu recently.

The seven are from Victoria Hospital and Bowring Hospital, informed a health department official.


?Hospitals across Bangalore are conducting special screening tests for H1N1 virus among its doctors to keep the pandemic at bay. It?s not just the doctors and nurses treating swine flu patients who are at the risk of getting infected by the virus, but medical staff in every hospital is at risk, as they come across people who are suffering from swine flu,? principal secretary for health I.R. Perumal told IANS.


Health officials maintain that medical staff are taking all precautionary measures including using triple layered masks and special hand sanitisers.


?While treating swine flu patients, doctors take adequate measures not to get themselves infected by the H1N1 virus. However, every day medical staff treat patients who are yet to be tested positive for the virus without any protection,? said Shashidhar Buggi, director of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD), Bangalore?s main hospital treating swine flu patients.


Health officials maintain that there is adequate supply of masks to hospitals and all the medical staff including doctors are being educated about the protective measures.


?Initially, prophylactic dosages of Tamiflu were being administered to doctors and paramedical staff. However, we?ve stopped the process. Prophylactic dosage of Tamiflu does not give permanent protection from H1N1 virus. If medical staff develop swine flu later, Tamiflu will not have any effect on their body,? Perumal said.


At least 55 doctors and paramedical staff across Bangalore have shown symptoms of swine flu so far.


Karnataka has the second highest number of swine flu related deaths in the country after Maharashtra. The state has already registered 111 swine flu related deaths. Of them, 82 were in Bangalore. The total number of confirmed swine flu cases in the state till date is 1,392, health officials stated.

http://trak.in/news/several-bangalore-doctors-fall-prey-to-swine-flu/17462/

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

One more tests positive for swine flu

VISAKHAPATNAM: A B.Sc Nursing student doing her course at a corporate hospital in the city tested positive for swine flu on Friday.

Initially, a doctor who treated a patient was first affected and now the nurse, who is already under treatment for the last four days, tested positive. This takes the total number of swine flu positive cases reported in the city to 26.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/10/31/stories/2009103160410500.htm

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Doctor positive for swine flu
TNN 4 November 2009, 01:07am IST

CHANDIGARH: A 28-year-old doctor from PGI?s department of endocrinology tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday.


Another doctor from the department, aged 41, is also suspected to have contacted H1N1 influenza. A doctor from department of neurology is also showing symptoms of the flu. He had visited US last month.

There were reports regarding four other suspected patients from PGI, including a 12-year boy. Two women, aged 47 and 60, from Sector 47 and Kurukshetra respectively are also believed to have swine flu. The last of the suspected patients is a 16-year-old boy from Saharanpur.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Doctor-positive-for-swine-flu/articleshow/5194349.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Another Chandigarh doctor contracts swine flu
IANS 4 November 2009, 12:48pm IST

CHANDIGARH: Another doctor of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1)
virus, adding to the tally of swine flu patients here, a health official said on Wednesday.

Of the 61 positive cases reported in hospitals here, nearly 25 percent were doctors and medical staff.

"We had collected the throat and nasal swab samples of a resident doctor of endocrinology department of PGIMER on Tuesday. His reports have come positive, and he has been administered Tamiflu," nodal officer of swine flu H C Gera said.

"Besides, we had collected samples of six more suspected cases, including two PGIMER doctors, for tests. We are waiting for their report," he added.

Till date, over 450 suspected cases have been reported in Chandigarh, of which 61 tested positive. Three casualties have been reported in this region so far.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Another-Chandigarh-doctor-contracts-swine-flu/articleshow/5195674.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Gujarat health department down with swine flu
2009-11-06 10:34:35
Gujarat Global News Network, Gandhinagar

Even as Chief Minister Narendra Modi resumed office a week after testing positive for swine flu the officers of state health department have caught the infection. State Health Secretary Ravi Saxena has been confirmed positive for the virus and four others were also declared positive.

Additional health director Paresh Dave has tested positive for swine flu while Dr. S J Gandhi Director Epidemic has been quarantined. Additional Health Secretary Mukesh Puri, Additional Secretary Meena Bhatt and joint secretary I A Vora and four others have proceeded on leave. They had attended a meeting with Saxena two days before.

Principal Secretary S K Nanda has been given charge of the health department. Nearly 8 to 10 officers who had come in contact with Saxena have been quarantined.

There is panic in the department and staff is reporting on duty wearing masks. The department has also issued advisory for its staff. People have been asked not to shake hands and instead greet others with Namaste. They have been asked to wash their hands with soap and water.

The staff has been asked to take medical advice and go for test if any symptoms of cough, cold or fever are seen.

Meanwhile cases of swine flu are on rise in the state. On Thursday four new cases tested positive. Of these two were from Ahmedabad and one each from Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar. With this the total number of cases in the state has reached 289 and the death toll 40.

State Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas admitted that few officers of the department had tested positive. He said that the swine flu virus was in air and all should take steps to prevent it.

http://www.gujaratglobal.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1833&Itemid=38

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Three hospital staff tested positive for swine flu

STAFF WRITER 11:15 HRS IST
Shillong, Nov 8 (PTI) Three staff of a government hospital here have tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of fresh cases in the state to five.

Two nurses and a ward boy of Shillong Civil Hospital are suspected to have contracted the virus from the two patients, both from the United States, who were taken ill and have also tested positive for the H1N1 virus a few days back.

State's Director of Health Services K H Lakiang today said the patients have been isolated and the department was currently screening people who have come in contact with them.

The two US citizens who were on a visit to Shillong for a Church meeting reported sick with swine flu-like symptoms on October 30. Their nasal and throat samples were sent to National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, which confirmed they were positive.

http://ptinews.com/news/367053_Three-hospital-staff-tested-positive-for-swine-flu

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

LUDHIANA
Swine flu: A doctor at the DMC here has been tested positive for swine flu. He had flu-like symptoms since Sunday, but was not sure whether he was suffering from swine flu or not. The reports came on Monday.

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20091110/region.htm

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Another A(H1N1) case

PUDUCHERRY: A postgraduate student of Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research has tested positive for A (H1N1) influenza. The 24-year-old has been quarantined at her home, according to officials of the Health Department.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/11/11/stories/2009111151530300.htm

[Roehl_JC]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

India: Jaipur resident doctor suspect H1N1 case

JAIPUR: A resident doctor at the SMS Hospital blood bank is suspected to be positive for influenza A H1N1, raising safety concern among the hospital staff.
The hospital administration is reluctant to confirm that the resident doctor was a swine flu patient. Efforts are on to improve preventive measures for the hospital staff, they said.

"The government has already provided a preventive kit for the medical staff and more such have been requested by the hospital administration. All efforts are on to ensure that the hospital remains safe for staff and patients," said Dr Narpat Singh Shekhawat, superintendent, SMS Hospital. "The resident doctor is under treatment.

However, it is yet to be confirmed if she is swine flu positive," he added. The health ministry has already decided to isolate an entire wing of the hospital to handle swine flu cases. Doctors said precautionary measures must be intensified in all areas where public interaction is high.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/Flu-hits-SMS-doc-suspected-positive/articleshow/5221647.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

PEC closes for a week after 5 get swine flu
TNN 13 November 2009, 02:38am IST

CHANDIGARH: Punjab Engineering College, Sector 12, was forced to suspend classes till November 19 after nine persons, including five of its
students, tested positive for H1N1 influenza on Thursday.

Of the nine new swine flu patients - the maximum in a day so far from the city - eight are students. These include one each from DAV College-10, St Anne?s Convent School and a government institute.

While St Anne?s School has decided not to hold lectures for Class IV for one week, authorities were still trying to contact the other two institutes till the filing of this report.

UT nodal officer for swine flu H C Gera said the director of PEC, now called PEC University of Technology (formally Punjab University College), was contacted after the test results came positive and he was asked to immediately close down the college for a week. The hostel wardens and dean students welfare were told to strictly adhere to precautionary measures.

PEC director Manoj Dutta convened an emergency meeting and reportedly advised students carrying flu-like symptoms to get themselves medically examined. He added the hostel would remain open and precautionary measures like fumigation would be undertaken.

Three students from PEC have been admitted in isolation ward of Government Multispecialty Hospital, Sector 16.

The first positive swine flu case at PEC was reported on Tuesday when a student of electronic engineering hailing from Delhi left the city after he reportedly feel sick.

After the test results came on Tuesday, the student?s parents informed PEC about his H1N1 status, especially since the patient had participated in the recently held PEC Fest. Even the student of DAV College had reportedly taken part in the event. The student from St Anne?s is a nine-year-old boy.

Meanwhile, 11 suspected cases of swine flu were also reported on Thursday. Of them, four are doctors and three, interns, from the department of medicine at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 32. There is one case each from Nayagaon and Sultanpuri (Uttar Pradesh), among other patients.

Allaying fears, Gera said the situation was under control as the patients undergoing treatment were stable after the treatment was started.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/PEC-closes-for-a-week-after-5-get-swine-flu/articleshow/5224553.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Doctor contracts swine flu in Chandigarh
by IANS on November 23, 2009


Source: Doctor contracts swine flu in Chandigarh health department officials, leading hospital, pgimer, swine flu


Chandigarh, Nov 23 (IANS) A doctor working in a leading hospital here tested positive for influenza A (H1N1) virus, health department officials said Monday.

According to health officials, a junior resident doctor working at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and a 14-year-old student tested positive for swine flu in Chandigarh Monday.

?Both the patients were suffering from fever, sneezing and sore throat. We had sent their nasal and throat swab samples for tests and got their positive reports this (Monday) evening,? H.C. Gera, nodal officer of swine flu in Chandigarh, told IANS.

?Besides, we have also received five new suspected cases today (Monday). We will get their test reports by tomorrow (Tuesday),? he added.

So far, 475 suspected cases have come to Chandigarh hospitals, of whom over 120 tested positive. Positive cases included over 50 students and around 25 doctors.

Four casualties due to swine flu have been reported in this region.

http://trak.in/news/doctor-contracts-swine-flu-in-chandigarh-2/27026/

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

CMCH doc found H1N1 positive
Simran Virk, TNN 27 November 2009, 09:49pm IST

LUDHIANA: Swine flu cases in the city have seen a jump in numbers as the daily temperature continues to fall. More than 60 H1N1 influenza cases have been reported in the state, 10 of which are from Ludhiana. Thursday led to the latest case of the ailment being detected in the city as a woman doctor working at Christian Medical College and Hospital was found positive for the flu.

Her throat swab sample was one of the three sent by the health department from Ludhiana on Wednesday.
Another doctor from CMCH had been found positive for the flu a few days ago after he returned from a conference in Bangalore.

Government has been making efforts to spread awareness about the flu and its causes.

National Integrated Surveillance Department (NISD), in collaboration with information and the broadcasting department (song and drama wing), has started a campaign from this week in all districts with one informational show each to be held at Moga and Ludhiana.

The NISD also organized a workshop in the city on Wednesday where 100 private practitioners were given training for detecting swine flu so they can give the right treatment to persons suffering from it.

The administration also told district education officer to alert his department regarding the pandemic. For that, the DEO called a meeting with teachers on Thursday where they were told about methods to stop the infection from spreading and also instructed about staying vigilant with regard to students who had cold, cough or fever. They were told to inform the health department if the students continued to show the symptoms.

Punjab’s nodal officer for swine flu, Deepak Bhatia, said the other two samples sent from the city on Wednesday had turned out negative. He added that another sample had been sent on Thursday and the report for that was awaited.

Bhatia stated that NISD was making efforts constantly to spread awareness about swine flu in the region and song and drama performances were being conducted to get the message to the masses. “Another workshop is planned for Ludhiana to involve private practitioners in creating awareness for the condition,” he stated.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...ow/5276590.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Another A(H1N1) case

PUDUCHERRY: A student of JIPMER has tested positive for A (H1N1) influenza. She has been admitted to the institute for treatment, officials said.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/01/stories/2009120151680300.htm

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: H1N1 in medical personnel (India)

Another A(H1N1) positive case

PUDUCHERRY: Another case of A (H1N1) influenza has been reported at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research.

A senior resident of the institute tested positive for the flu on Tuesday and has been quarantined at home, according to officials of the Health Department.

http://www.hindu.com/2009/12/02/stories/2009120251170300.htm