In view of swine flu threat, the administration of Mahant Indiresh Hospital here has set up a 12 bed isolation ward. The hospital has appointed Dr Yogesh Dhand of department of medicine as nodal officer for the disease. he Medical Superintendent (MS) of the Hospital, Dr Vinay Rai told newsmen on Tuesday that special guidelines have been released by the hospital management for supervision and treatment of the suspected cases of Swine Flu.
He said that the state of the art molecular lab of the hospital has facility of testing the samples of swine flu. Dr Rai said that the swine flu lab of the medical college is the only facility in the State to test presence of H1 N1. This centre is approved by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).
The In-charge, Central Molecular Research laboratory (CMRl) of the hospital Dr Narotam Sharma told that the laboratory is in a position to make the reports available within eight hours of receipt of samples.