City ready for second wave of swine flu,says civic chief

Saying that the authorities,with the support of private practitioners,could draw up an action plan to battle swine flu,Zagade told the practitioners to inform the municipal authorities if they observe any increase in the number of cases in any particular area.

Swine flu patients are categorised A,B and C-mild,moderate and serious infection respectively. As per the guidelines,both moderate and serious categories need to be administered Tamiflu tablets. He said that some patients are not taking Tamiflu since they do not know where to get it from. “This should not happen when all 53 centres of the PMC as well as private chemists keep the tablets,” he said.

Dr D Shirole,former president of IMA,said it will extend all supports to the civic body.

The GPCON-2009 focuses on empowering family physicians with knowledge,attitude and skills to don the role of a true superspecialist. Experts will make presentations on pyrexia,hypertension,obesity,endocrinology and cardiology. Besides paper presentations and workshops,there are essay competition,best clinic competition,free paper presentation and poster competition on swine flu.

Five deaths in week
The swine flu toll went up by five last week with two deaths on Friday and three on Wednesday. Seven-year-old Ajay Nabale from Khadki,admitted to the Sassoon General Hospital,died on Friday evening. While there are 22 persons in the ICU at present,40 persons were discharged on Friday after treatment from various hospitals. Of these,31 were suspected cases and nine were confirmed cases.