One more person has tested positive with H1N1 virus (Swine flu) and is under treatment in Raipur. With this the total number of swine flu patients in the State has reached five. Nodal Officer for Swine Flu, RK Chandravanshi told The Pioneer that a 60-year-old man from Bhatagaon tested positive in the report received on Sunday.
“He is under treatment in the Government hospital and his condition was stated to be stable,” he said. According to sources, as many as 36 samples were sent to National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi. Out of this, four had already tested positive in the reports received till Saturday.
The State government has established an Isolation Ward for Swine flu patients in the Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital in Raipur. Most of the patients who have tested positive or suspected patients are under treatment in private hospitals in Raipur and outside the State. Only one suspected patient is under treatment in the isolated ward of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Hospital in Raipur.