Following the recent death of four pregnant women in the state due to H1N1, the state government has begun drafting a new treatment protocol for these high-risk patients. Health officials will be collecting swab samples of pregnant patients reporting to the screening centres and those will be
A child reportedly died of swine flu as the deadly global pandemic virus claimed a second victim in Bangladesh, government authorities confirmed on Thursday.
Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) Director Prof Mahmudur Rahman revealed the second casualty from the H1N1 virus at a press briefing.
The global swine flu pandemic will expose the failure of the international community to invest in health protection in poor countries, the world's top health official warned here yesterday.
The national Capital today reported a record number of 84 fresh cases of swine flu. Thirty eight of these 84 victims are children. With this the total tally of people infected with influenza A (H1N1) in Delhi has reached 994. However, city health minister Kiran Walia said that the situation was under control and that Delhiites should not panic.
British doctors have saved the life of a woman with severe swine flu, who had an underlined immuno suppressant disease, by breaking away from the regular treatment regimen and giving her the
People panicked by swine flu continue to throng different hospitals of the capital seeking remedy. About 1,242 patients were given treatment in Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) till Monday morning.
Though the government has taken initiatives to make the anti-viral drug 'Oseltamivir' easily available for the common people, they are apparently deprived of the benefit.
MUMBAI: It has been a month after swine flu claimed its first victim, Fehmida Panwalla, in Mumbai, and the crowds outside the H1N1 screening centres are growing thinner with every passing day. On Monday, 708 Mumbaikars turned up for testing at the 41 screening testing as against the 4,000-odd who would turn up a month back when the swine flu panic was at its peak.
NEW DELHI: As many as 13 people died of the A (H1N1) influenza in the country in the past 24 hours taking the toll to 131. So far this is the highest number of deaths reported in a day .
As many as 93 confirmed cases of swine flu were also reported from across the country.
With this the cumulative number of flu cases has touched 4,738.
