In a bid to sensitise the people about the spreading swine flu, an awareness rally was launched in Udham Singh Nagar on Monday. mPankaj Kumar Pandey, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, flagged off the swine flu awareness campaign vehicle from the Collectorate campus at Rudrapur. The swine flu awareness vehicle visited different colonies and busy public places across the region to make the citizens aware of different facets of the dreaded disease that keeps on taking toll of human lives across the country.
Speaking on the occasion, District Magistrate Pandey urged the people to be on their guard over the disease. There is no need to panic, he said. Rather the citizens need to be aware of things, he said, adding that the people should consult the doctors at district or base hospitals in case of any health -related concern.
There is a lot of confusion persisting in people’s mind about the infectious influenza flu. The awareness rally being launched now would clear the lingering confusion, maintained the officials concerned of the Udham Singh Nagar district administration. An isolation ward has been set up at the Haldwani base hospital to deal with the situation. Three patients can be admitted to this isolation ward at a time, if things so warrant.
With putting in place necessary health measures, the base hospital administration, Haldwani, has also directed the health officials to immediately take care of the swine flu suspects and send the samples for testing in case of doubt. More so, an isolation ward has also been set up at the Government Shushila Tiwari Hospital (GSTH), Haldwani. About 10 patients can be admitted to this ward at a time, the health officials of GSTH maintained. Meanwhile, the doctors here have advised the citizens not to panic and to take necessary precautions instead to keep the disease at bay.