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Patients suffer as junior doctors strike in Patna continue
Patna, Aug 30 : Patients here are suffering as the Government and other hospitals in Patna are over crowded due to the junior doctors strike over pay hike.
A common sight at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) is of senior doctors attending patients lying on the floor since there are no vacant beds in the wards.
'We are under a lot of pressure. We are doing our best in treating as many patients as possible. We used to treat 40-50 patients a day. Now, we are seeing 90 patients a day. All the 40 emergency beds are occupied. Patients are now being admitted and even made to lie on the floor,' said Dr Rajendra Narayan Prasad, in-charge of emergency ward at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital.
'There were no arrangements at the PMCH.
The doctors are on strike and they asked us to take our patients somewhere else. Then we came here in the NMCH, but here it's so crowded,' said Jetendra Kumar, relative of a patient.
Emergency, outpatient and surgery services are the worst hit by the junior doctors strike, which commenced on Thursday.
Hundreds of patients who could afford shifted to private nursing homes. But those who are poor will have to continue waiting for their turn in the already over crowded hospitals.
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-102233.html
Rapid response teams to check swine flu in Bihar
Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:45 IST
Patna: Bihar government has set up rapid response teams (RRTS) to prevent and check outbreak of swine flu, according to state health minister NK Yadav.
"We have constituted RRTS to take preventive measures to contain outbreak of swine flu in Bihar. The teams will provide necessary information about H1N1 infection to district health centres and also distribute anti-dotes, if required," Yadav told PTI here.
The state government had also decided to open two virology labs, one each in Patna and Darbhanga, to diagnose viral diseases, he said. Adequate arrangements are being made to prevent the outbreak of the disease during the Pitripaksh mela in Gaya, the minister said.
"Arrangements will be made for screening devotees coming from different parts of the country and authorities will be extra vigilant as lakhs of people, also drawn from H1N1 affected, are likely to visit Gaya during the 15-day long-mela beginning fromSeptember 3," he said.
Yadav said a 100 bed ward at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) had also been blocked for suspected swine flu patients, besides a 10 bed ward in every medical colleges hospitals in the state.
Special arrangements have also been made for screening of tourists coming to Bihar from porous Indo-Nepal borders and visiting other tourist places, including Bodh Gaya -- a key pilgrim centre in the Buddhist circuit.
Special teams were being constituted to screen visitors with symptom's of flu-passengers coming from Maharashtra and Karnataka to Gaya, which have reported maximum number of swine flu cases, he said.
Of several samples sent for test at a laboratory in New Delhi, only one case of an IAS officer from Bihar, has so far been tested positive. Official sources said up till now 690 people had been screened in the state and most of them had no no swine flu symptoms.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rapid-response-teams-to-check-swine-flu-in-bihar_1286122
Students Form Human Chain to Promote Swine Flu Awareness
Patna: August 29, 2009
The students of A. N. College in Patna on Saturday formed a human chain to spread awareness about the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu, alerting people to be cautious of the epidemic and adopt practices that minimize the risk of being hit by the virus.
Carrying placards with messages like 'Precaution is better than Treatment', and 'Follow the Guidelines to Stop Swine Flu from Spreading', the students urged everyone to follow simple rules like washing one's hand with soap frequently and cover one's face with mask particularly when suffering from cough or cold in order to keep the epidemic at bay.
The program was inaugurated by college Principal Dr. Haridwar Singh and was attended by a number of Biotechnology department staff.
A Q&A session was also organized at the college in which noted physician Dr. Gopal Prasad Sinha presented a number of facts related to the Swine Flu.
So far over 26,000 people worldwide and 58 people in India have died due to the Swine Flu, said Dr. Sinha adding vaccine for the virus would soon be available to the public that would help slow down the spread of the disease.
http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/aug/082909/students_form_human_chain.html
No fresh suspected swine flu case
TNN 28 August 2009, 03:56am IST
PATNA: As many as six patients with flu-like symptoms turned up at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Thursday for swine flu
test.
Doctors, however, did not find these cases fit for sample collection and sent the patients back after counselling, PMCH superintendent Dr O P Choudhary said.
Regarding reports of the two samples sent earlier to National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Delhi, Dr Choudhary said they were still awaited.
PMCH had sent ten samples to NICD of which reports of eight cases have been received. While seven reports were negative, one patient tested positive. He is recovering fast. The patient did not need hospitalisation and is being treated at his home, health department sources said.
http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4942310.cms
Patients suffer as junior doctors strike in Patna continue
Patna, Aug 30 : Patients here are suffering as the Government and other hospitals in Patna are over crowded due to the junior doctors strike over pay hike.
A common sight at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital (NMCH) is of senior doctors attending patients lying on the floor since there are no vacant beds in the wards.
'We are under a lot of pressure. We are doing our best in treating as many patients as possible. We used to treat 40-50 patients a day. Now, we are seeing 90 patients a day. All the 40 emergency beds are occupied. Patients are now being admitted and even made to lie on the floor,' said Dr Rajendra Narayan Prasad, in-charge of emergency ward at the Nalanda Medical College Hospital.
'There were no arrangements at the PMCH.
The doctors are on strike and they asked us to take our patients somewhere else. Then we came here in the NMCH, but here it's so crowded,' said Jetendra Kumar, relative of a patient.
Emergency, outpatient and surgery services are the worst hit by the junior doctors strike, which commenced on Thursday.
Hundreds of patients who could afford shifted to private nursing homes. But those who are poor will have to continue waiting for their turn in the already over crowded hospitals.
http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-102233.html
Rapid response teams to check swine flu in Bihar
Saturday, August 29, 2009 12:45 IST
Patna: Bihar government has set up rapid response teams (RRTS) to prevent and check outbreak of swine flu, according to state health minister NK Yadav.
"We have constituted RRTS to take preventive measures to contain outbreak of swine flu in Bihar. The teams will provide necessary information about H1N1 infection to district health centres and also distribute anti-dotes, if required," Yadav told PTI here.
The state government had also decided to open two virology labs, one each in Patna and Darbhanga, to diagnose viral diseases, he said. Adequate arrangements are being made to prevent the outbreak of the disease during the Pitripaksh mela in Gaya, the minister said.
"Arrangements will be made for screening devotees coming from different parts of the country and authorities will be extra vigilant as lakhs of people, also drawn from H1N1 affected, are likely to visit Gaya during the 15-day long-mela beginning fromSeptember 3," he said.
Yadav said a 100 bed ward at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) had also been blocked for suspected swine flu patients, besides a 10 bed ward in every medical colleges hospitals in the state.
Special arrangements have also been made for screening of tourists coming to Bihar from porous Indo-Nepal borders and visiting other tourist places, including Bodh Gaya -- a key pilgrim centre in the Buddhist circuit.
Special teams were being constituted to screen visitors with symptom's of flu-passengers coming from Maharashtra and Karnataka to Gaya, which have reported maximum number of swine flu cases, he said.
Of several samples sent for test at a laboratory in New Delhi, only one case of an IAS officer from Bihar, has so far been tested positive. Official sources said up till now 690 people had been screened in the state and most of them had no no swine flu symptoms.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_rapid-response-teams-to-check-swine-flu-in-bihar_1286122
Students Form Human Chain to Promote Swine Flu Awareness
Patna: August 29, 2009
The students of A. N. College in Patna on Saturday formed a human chain to spread awareness about the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu, alerting people to be cautious of the epidemic and adopt practices that minimize the risk of being hit by the virus.
Carrying placards with messages like 'Precaution is better than Treatment', and 'Follow the Guidelines to Stop Swine Flu from Spreading', the students urged everyone to follow simple rules like washing one's hand with soap frequently and cover one's face with mask particularly when suffering from cough or cold in order to keep the epidemic at bay.
The program was inaugurated by college Principal Dr. Haridwar Singh and was attended by a number of Biotechnology department staff.
A Q&A session was also organized at the college in which noted physician Dr. Gopal Prasad Sinha presented a number of facts related to the Swine Flu.
So far over 26,000 people worldwide and 58 people in India have died due to the Swine Flu, said Dr. Sinha adding vaccine for the virus would soon be available to the public that would help slow down the spread of the disease.
http://www.patnadaily.com/news2009/aug/082909/students_form_human_chain.html
No fresh suspected swine flu case
TNN 28 August 2009, 03:56am IST
PATNA: As many as six patients with flu-like symptoms turned up at Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Thursday for swine flu
test.
Doctors, however, did not find these cases fit for sample collection and sent the patients back after counselling, PMCH superintendent Dr O P Choudhary said.
Regarding reports of the two samples sent earlier to National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD), Delhi, Dr Choudhary said they were still awaited.
PMCH had sent ten samples to NICD of which reports of eight cases have been received. While seven reports were negative, one patient tested positive. He is recovering fast. The patient did not need hospitalisation and is being treated at his home, health department sources said.
http://www1.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/4942310.cms