Amid all is well claim by the state health department nine more cases of Swine flu patients in the provisional state capital were reported on Tuesday. With them the number of swine flu patients this year has increased to 43. In month of July alone the district health department has reported 27 cases positive cases of the disease. The departmental data reveals that ten people have so far succumbed to the disease this year.
In a significant decision the district health authorities have started including the cases reported by the molecular laboratory of the Shri Mahant Indiresh (MI) Hospital in its records. The lab of MI hospital is approved by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) but the state health department was hitherto reluctant to accept the swine flu cases reported by it.
The district in charge of integrated disease surveillance programme, Dr Puneet Chandra said that 23 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), six in MI, four in associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC), two in Max hospital while one patient is admitted in Vaish hospital.