MUKESH RANJAN
Sept. 16: The government is likely to approve on Thursday the amendment proposals of the health ministry in the Transplantation of Human Organs Act 1994, which will enhance jail term for wrongdoers from present five years to 10 years, along with a monetary fine of Rs 5 lakhs from the current Rs 10,000.

THE government will allow retail sale of anti-viral drug `oseltamivir,

Swine flu virus is mild; unpreparedness resulted in panic fifteen-year-old Preshita Padhye tested positive for H1N1 virus on July 27. She spent the next five days at the isolation ward of the Aundh general hospital in Pune.

The worst is still not over for India as World Health Organisation has warned of an increasing trend of the pandemic in the country. The H1N1 virus has spread to 28 States and claimed over 175 lives so far. Health Ministry sources report that WHO has termed the number of fatalities in India as the highest in the world.

Aug. 27: Union health ministry on Thursday said its "limited analysis" on deaths due to H1N1 influenza virus has revealed that most of the patients were brought in for treatment at a very late stage. The ministry also feels that 14-44 years is vulnerable age-group to be affected by the virus, which has so far claimed 78 lives in the country.

Most people who died due to swine flu in the country reported to hospitals with very severe cough and breathlessness. This was revealed in a study of the first 33 out of the total 78 deaths in the country. Meanwhile, swine flu has claimed three more lives, taking the countrywide toll to 88.

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday expressed concern over the increase in polio cases in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and asked the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry to closely monitor the situation while taking steps to eradicate the disease.