While the death toll due to swine flu in the State has reached eight, a first suspected swine flu patient was admitted in the MKCG Medical College Hospital here on Sunday.
A resident of Nandi village in the Bhejiput area in Koraput district, Manik Khosala was admitted in the swine flu ward. Earlier, he was treated in a hospital in Koraput district.
After Khosala was admitted, all the doctors and nurses wore masks in the hospital. An MKCG official said the blood test would be done a later.
On the other hand, two persons of Ganjam district were admitted in the SCB Medical College Hospital in Cuttack recently.
Ganjam CDMO Dr Saroj Kumar Mishra said 140 vaccines are being procured as a preventive measure for doctors and other medical staffs. The vaccines would be provided to Sub-Divisional Hospitals in Chatrapur and Bhanjanagar, the District Headquarters Hospital and in MKCG College Hospital, he added.Though the district had asked for 1,000 vaccines, only 200 were provided, Mishra informed.