Mumbai: Enough medicines were available for
swine flu and four more H1N1 virus test centres were being set
up in the peripheral hospitals in Mumbai, the city's Mayor
said after the western metropolis recorded its first and the
country's second swine flu death.
"We are setting up test centres in four peripheral
hospitals," Mayor Shubha Raul said.
Hamida Panwala, who succumbed to swine flu in Kasturba
hospital in the city on Saturday, was admitted to the hospital three
days after being treated in private hospital, Raut added.
She was suffering from hypertension and diabetes and had
poor immunity, the Mayor said.
Allaying fears of the people, Raut said, "We have enough
stock of Tamiflu tablets and masks."
Dr Pradip Awate, in-charge of the swine flu control in
the Maharashtra Health Directorate, said state health
machinery was ready to tackle the situation and government
hospitals had enough medicines and equipment to deal with the
cases.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson of Lilavati hospital, where
Panwala was initially treated, said she was transferred to
government-run Kasturba "with full medical assistance and
two doctors from Lilavati accompanied her".
Like all hospitals, we have been transferring swine flu
cases to government hospitals, he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, August 08, 2009, 21:40