Four more patients in Chhattisgarh tested positive in the report received from National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi on Wednesday. With this, the total number of swine flu infected patients in the State this year has gone upto 42. Director, Health Services, R Prasanna said that 27 reports were received from NCDC today out of which 4 have tested positive. In addition to this, 26 samples of suspected swine flu patients were sent to Delhi on Wednesday.
Total samples sent to NCDC till date has become 326 out of which reports of 204 has been received. The State has recorded four deaths due to H1N1 this year including two from Durg and once each from Bilaspur and Bemetara. Prasanna said that the State has received 10 vials of swine flu vaccines. Besides this, it has in stock Tamiflu tablets including 8792 tablets of 75 mg, 190 tablets of 30 mg and 87 syrups.
The State-run Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital admitted two more suspected patients of swine flu. With this the total suspected patients under treatment in the Isolation Ward of the hospital has become 7. The two new admissions include one from Siltara and one from Khamtarai said Dr Shubhra Singh of Dr Ambedkar Hospital.
Meanwhile, the social organisations have come forward to help people to protect them from the disease. Free homeopathic medicines and masks were distributed among people in Raipur by different social and medical organisations. People were also made aware of the symptoms and precautions to protect them from the disease.