Three more cases of swine flu were reported by the district health department on Wednesday. On the day, one 77 years old male a resident of Dl road and two women of Sabhawala and Nehru colony respectively were found suffering from the disease. All these patients are presently undergoing treatment in different hospitals of the State capital.
The district In charge of integrated disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Puneet Chandra said that on the day three more persons were found suffering from the disease.
Dr Chandra said 81 cases have been found positive by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) in this year and out of them 53 are from Dehradun, 18 are from other districts of the State and 10 are from other States.
He said that 26 patients suspected to be suffering from the disease are at present undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Dehradun. Out of them eight patients are admitted in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), seven in associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), four in Vaish, three each in Synergy and Mahant Indiresh hospital while one is in Kailash hospital.
He further informed that the department has sent samples of 109 suspected patients to the NCDC for test of H1 N1 this month but reports of 15 samples are yet to arrive. So far 15 patients have succumbed to swine flu so far out of which ten are from Dehradun; two belonged to Pauri while one each belong to Haridwar and Uttarkashi.