As more and more people in the state are getting infected with Swine flu and Dengue, the state health department has started a face saving exercise. The Director General of State Health Services, Dr DS Rawat took a review meeting of the officials of health department on Tuesday. In the meeting the DG took note of the newspaper reports on Dengue and Swine flu and dengue and expressed concern that a situation of fear and confusion is prevailing in the masses due to these reports. He claimed that as per the report of World Health Organization (WHO) swine flu is no longer an epidemic but is just like any seasonal influenza.
The DG further claimed that all the hospitals of the state are well equipped with the medicines needed for treatment of swine flu. He added that people should not get worried due to swine flu. Dr Rawat said that if a personal complaints of breathlessness along with cough and cold then he/ she should immediately consult a doctor. He clarified that not all suspected patients of swine flu are needed to be tested for presence of H1 N1 and doctors do not wait for outcome of the test to start the treatment of suspected patients. The DG also made an appeal to the private hospitals and nursing homes to inform about scientific facts about the disease so that general public is not panicked.
Swine flu is a viral disease, its virus is also called H1 N1 and its genetic analysis has shown that it has originated from the animals specially pigs hence it is called Swine flu. The virus spreads from person to person similar to that of seasonal influenza.