Due to the chill the virus is surviving for long in the atmosphere
Chronic patients must avoid crowds
Hyderabad: Patients with chronic conditions like heart disease, kidney problems with dialysis, cancer and pregnant women must not attend big gatherings in winter as they are vulnerable to the swine flu virus.
Telangana health director Dr Sambhasiv Rao explained, “Groups who are immuno compromised like senior citizens, children, pregnant women and cancer patients must avoid crowds.
Due to the chill the virus is surviving for long in the atmosphere. Swine flu can be treated. The deaths are not due to swine flu but due to multi-organ failure due to delay in treatment.” Dr Subhakar K. explained, “Those who are infected must complete treatment. If they are kept in hospital for an extra day it is for their sake and for society. isolation removes the virus completely from their system.”
So far five cases of Left Against Medical Advice have been reported. They are being tracked and their health status verified. The case of five members of the same family from Mahbubnagar is a case in point.
District surveillance officers must counsel families to take precautions and follow the isolation technique properly. While health officers insist that they are doing the job the gap is evident from these cases.
In November, a mother and her two pregnant daughters from Yakutpura also suffered in the same manner as they were taking care of their mother without proper precautions despite being in a vulnerable state. Swine flu is now a part of the Indian virus system and people have to gear up to deal with it.
Swine flu claims woman:
A pregnant woman who was undergoing treatment for swine flu at the Osmania General Hospital died on Saturday taking the toll in Telangana to 10.
Three kids have tested positive in Hyderabad. The new patients are a 17-month old boy from Banjara Hills, a three-year-old girl from Medchal and an 8-year-old boy from Old Alwal.
All the children are undergoing treatment in the city. Apart from this a 56-year-old woman from Nizamabad and a 26-year-old woman from Miyapur were also confirmed to have swine flu.
The total number of cases in both the states now stands at 86. The months of November and December have seen a steep rise in cases. The trend is bound to continue till the cold weather continues. Doctors are asking people to ensure hygiene which to curb the spread of the virus.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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