Expressing concern over the spread of H1N1 virus in the state Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has issued strict direction to the health department officials to provide all facilities to the swine flu patients free of cost and threatened to take action against the erring doctors. “All the swine flu patients should get free treatment in the state run hospitals. Government is committed to provide best health care facilities to the people and health officials should ensure that patients should get quality treatment in the hospitals,” Yadav said in a statement issued hereon Sunday.
He said strict action would be taken against doctors who were found wanting in implementing this order. “The swine flue patients should get top class treatment in the government hospitals,” he said. While reviewing the spread of swine flue in the state Yadav Yadav said that people should be made aware about the H1N1 virus. Beside, a 24x7 toll free number 18001805145 should be popularized. Similar information should be made available to the people at district level, he said.
CM directed the authorities to set up control room at all the district headquarters. Instructions were also issued to create separate wards for the swine flue patients in each government hospital, he said. Besides, orders have been issued to carry out swine flu tests in all the hospitals in medical colleges including Agra, Meerut, Jhansi, Gorakhpur, Ambedkar Nagar and Saifaiand and other district hospitals of the state.
Presently swine flu tests are been conducted only at KGMU and SGPGIMS in lucknow.. The doctors have demanded tests should be carried out in other centres too so that treatment could be started at the earliest. The CM has also asked the authorities to make available PPI kit and N-95 mask to the para-medical staff and other people going near the swine flu affected patients. Over 100 people in Uttar Pradesh have been tested positive of Swine Flu with around 10 people succumbing to the virus. In lucknow till Sunday 69 cases have been reported with three fatalities.