The death toll due to the dreaded swine flu crossed the mark of 100 in the State on Saturday. In Bhopal alone, the disease has claimed 31 lives so far. In the city, of the latest lot of samples of suspected patients sent for investigation, ten were found positive for the swine flu on Saturday. All the positive patients are admitted in different hospitals of the city.
A team of the Ministry of Health visited the JP and Hamidia Hospitals of the city to inspect the protocol of swine flu treatment. During the inspection, the team issued several instructions to the management of both the hospitals. On Friday, four persons died of swine flu in the city, including a bank employee and three women. About 50 patients are admitted in various hospitals of the city of who eight are serious.
The last death was of the 58-year old State Bank of India employee shifted in serious condition from Agarwal Nursing Home to the National Hospital. Similarly, one woman each died in lBS, Hajela and Agarwal nursing homes. On Friday 16 new positive swine flu cases were found in the city while ten new positive cases were reported on Saturday.
Meanwhile, 37 people were tested positive in Gwalior region during the last 20 days. Of them, eight patients have died. Even the doctors have been affected by the flu. The doctors thought that with the rising temperature the virus of the flu would become weak but this has not happened. One junior doctor of JA hospital has been affected by the flu. He is PG student Dr Mohsin Khan. Six-month old son Aryan of JUDA president, Dr Girish Chaturvedi, has also tested positive. Earlier also two junior doctors of JAH were found positive. The Dean GRMC, Dr JS Patel said that all the doctors and paramedical staff treating the swine flu patients in isolated ward of JAH are being vaccinated to save them from infection.