To restrict the spread of bird flu and minimising its impact on human health, a team of experts from New Delhi visited the isolation ward of Medical College Hospital and took stock of facilities and medicines available there even if no report of bird flu infection received from any part of Bastar.
The team members also gave necessary directive to hospital administration which assured the central team of full proof arrangements. Notably, around a week ago, spread of bird flu in the area was confirmed by the high security lab of Bhopal. However, the virus strain found in the sample birds sent from Bastar (N5H1) was not infectious to human beings.
Even after that, a number of experts teams including both state and central, visited the area and gave necessary instructions to officials for maintaining utmost caution.
In this series, a team of experts comprising Dr Desh Deepak of Ram Manohar lohia Hospital, New Delhi and Arti Thakur of Microbiology Department visited Medical College Hospital Monday and took stock of the measures taken for prevention of spread of bird flu as well as health facilities including availability of the necessary medicines there.
Meanwhile, State nodal officer for prevention of bird and swine flu, Dr S M N Murthy claimed that as precaution while culling of birds has been completed in the area, all the 22 employees of the Government poultry
Farm have been put under observation. Talking about the symptoms of bird flu infection Murthy said that the infected patient suffers from cold, cough, fever and pain in joints like common influenza viral infection and in later stage feels problem in breathing.