Five new more cases of Swine flu patients in the provisional state capital were reported on Thursday. With them the number of swine flu patients this year has increased to 51 in Dehradun. The data of the state health department reveals that ten people have so far succumbed to the disease this year.
The district in -charge of integrated disease surveillance programme, Dr Puneet Chandra said that out of the 51 positive cases of the disease 37 are from Dehradun while remaining are from other districts and states. He said that 30 patients suspected to be suffering from the disease are at present undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Dehradun. Ten patients are admitted in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), five in associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC) and four in Max. He further informed that the department has sent samples of 22 suspected patients to the NCDC for test of H1 N1 but reports of 21 samples are yet to arrive.