The unseasonal onslaught of Swine Flu has claimed another life in the provisional State capital, taking the death count to 20.
The latest victim of the dreaded H1 N 1 virus is a 29-year-old woman, a resident of Sahranpur in Uttar Pradesh. She was admitted in the Max Hospital here on September 14 with symptoms of the disease. Her blood sample was sent for examination on September 15. The report arrived on September 19 while the patient succumbed to the virus on September 21.
Meanwhile, two new patients afflicted with the disease were reported by district health department. With them, the number of people affected by dreaded H1N1 virus this season has reached 164.
The district in-charge of integrated disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Puneet Chandra said that two cases were found positive on the day while samples of fourteen patients proved negative.
He further said 154 cases have been found positive by the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) in this year and out of them 97 are from Dehradun, 38 are from other districts of the State and 19 are from other States. He added that 24 patients suspected to be suffering from the disease are at present undergoing treatment in different hospitals based in Dehradun. Out of them 16 patients are admitted in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), three each in Max and Mahant Indiresh Hospital while two are getting treatment in Synergy Hospital. Dr Chandra said that the department has sent samples of 116 suspected patients to the NCDC for test of H1N1 this month but reports of 14 are yet to arrive.
So far, 20 patients have succumbed to swine flu out of which eleven are from Dehradun, two each were from Pauri and Uttarkashi while one from Haridwar.
Categories of Swine Flu
A category:
The patients of this category suffer from mild fever and irritation in throat. The patients of this category should be isolated at home and there is no need of swine flu test and medication for the patient.
B category:
The patients are characterised by high fever and the patient need isolation and should be administered Oseltamivir (Tami flu) medicine.
C category:
If a patient is suffering from breathlessness, low blood pressure along with symptoms of A and B category than he is put under C Category.
Such patients should be isolated, hospitalised, should be administered Tami flu and needed to be tested for swine flu.
Experts’ advice and precautions