MORE FACILITIES FOR SATE TACKLE A(HINI) INFLUENZA
The Cabinet on Wednesday 12th August 2009 sanctioned Rs 2 crore to establish emergency medical facilities to deal with the A (HINI) influenza. The chief minister said the amount would be used to ensure expert medical care to patients. He said the state would request to union government to sanction a testing centre for A (HINI) virus at the Rajeev Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology in Thiruvanandhapuram, which had the necessary facilities.
Health minister said that separate ventilator facilities would be available in at least one hospital in each district for treating A (HINI) patients with in a week. The treatment facilities would be available at 25 hospitals across the state, including medical colleges, general hospitals and private hospitals. More than 100 screening centers (one in each district) had been opened. Eight lakh people had been screened for the4 disease and only 55 cases had tested positive.
The Director General of Health service has directed the Health Department to set up more isolation facilities in every district for quarantining suspected cases of A(HINI) infection and to improve community surveillance.
Prof John Kurakar
The Cabinet on Wednesday 12th August 2009 sanctioned Rs 2 crore to establish emergency medical facilities to deal with the A (HINI) influenza. The chief minister said the amount would be used to ensure expert medical care to patients. He said the state would request to union government to sanction a testing centre for A (HINI) virus at the Rajeev Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology in Thiruvanandhapuram, which had the necessary facilities.
Health minister said that separate ventilator facilities would be available in at least one hospital in each district for treating A (HINI) patients with in a week. The treatment facilities would be available at 25 hospitals across the state, including medical colleges, general hospitals and private hospitals. More than 100 screening centers (one in each district) had been opened. Eight lakh people had been screened for the4 disease and only 55 cases had tested positive.
The Director General of Health service has directed the Health Department to set up more isolation facilities in every district for quarantining suspected cases of A(HINI) infection and to improve community surveillance.
Prof John Kurakar
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