Detection of a swine flu case in the city has sent the health department officials in a tizzy. On Tuesday, the health department teams conducted a survey of the area to which the swine flu patient belongs and collected samples of suspected people.
The sample of one person belonging to the Mohini Road locality of the city was found positive for swine flu on Monday. The patient was admitted to the Max hospital of the city with symptoms of the disease.
When contacted, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Dehradun Dr SP Agarwal accepted that the person was suffering from swine flu but added that the patient is now healthy and released from the hospital.
Dr Agarwal said that three teams of health department are constituted after the detection of the disease in the city. He said that these teams are instructed to do a detailed survey of the area where the patient of swine flu resides. The CMO said that the hospitals of the city have adequate stock of the medicines needed to fight the disease and advised that the people with symptoms like cough, consistent fever and having problem in breathing should immediately consult the physician. Dr Agarwal however added that people should not get panicked.
Swine flu is a respiratory disease caused by influenza virus and the infected person complains of nasal secretions, a barking cough, decreased appetite and listless behavior. The disease is transmitted from person to person by inhalation of droplets containing virus from people sneezing or coughing.