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Two children admitted to SSG Hospital with respiratory problem

Even as reports of all four patients admitted in the Sir Sayajirao General Hospital as suspected swine flu cases in the last three days were diagnosed negative on Monday...

Even as reports of all four patients admitted in the Sir Sayajirao General (SSG) Hospital as suspected swine flu cases in the last three days were diagnosed negative on Monday,two more children were admitted to the isolation ward in the paediatric department in the evening.

The two boys,both aged three,from the Vasna and Subhanpura areas,had arrived on Monday evening with respiratory infection. No travel exposure has been detected in the case history of both patients. However,the swab samples of both the children have been sent for diagnosis.

SSG Superintendent Dr Atul Saxena said: “Apart from the two new suspected patients admitted today,we have a total of four older cases admitted at the isolation ward which includes three adults and a four-year-old girl. All these cases have been diagnosed negative,but they will be kept till the course of medication is complete.”

According to further details available,a further 13 patients have been kept in quarantine at home,and their reports are awaited.

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