In view of increasing number of swine flu cases in the State and district, the management of Mahant Indiresh Hospital here has decided to set up an isolation ward of 10 beds for the patients of the disease.
The Medical Superintendent (MS) of the hospital, Dr Vinay Rai said that Assistant Professor of Department of Medicine, Dr Yogesh Dhand has been appointed as the nodal officer for Swine Flu cases.
The Medical Superintendent informed that last year 200 Swine Flu patients were admitted and treated at Shri Mahant Indiresh Hospital and not even a single case of patient’s death was reported.
Dr Rai said that an ultra-modern laboratory for the test of Swine Flu is ready at the Hospital.
He said that the laboratory is one of its kinds in the State. “This lab is established according to international parameters and it has already been inspected by the team of Health Directorate of the state. Now only the green signal is awaited from the Union Health ministry for the test permission’’ he said.