Woman tests positive for swine flu

JAIPUR: A 23-year-old woman, who delivered a baby two days ago, tested positive for swine flu in Kota on Sunday. The baby has been admitted to the ICU in a private hospital with similar kind of symptoms of swine flu. The doctors have sent the swab sample to lab for testing for H1N1 influenza.
A medical, health and family welfare department official said, "The patient is not a resident of Kota but she had come to her mother's house.The patient resides in Jhalawar."
On September 6, a 48-year-old person died of swine flu in the government hospital of Kota. This is the second case of swine flu in Kota district. So far in the state swine flu patients have been reported from Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota. Three patients have died of the disease in September - one each in Kota, Jaipur and Jodhpur.
In Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh hospital, three patients with swine flu were admitted in the last 10 days.
Health director BR Meena said, "There are not so many cases of swine flu registered yet. These are rare cases of swine flu. But, we are cautious and taking all the measures to deal with any kind of situation to prevent any spread of any disease due to mosquitoes and other seasonal diseases."
The department officials in Kota administered Tamiflu tablets to the persons who were in close contact with the patient, the officials said.
But, there is a slight scare among the people as hospitals in Jaipur and other nearby districts are full of patients with viral fever and pneumonia, which have some common symptoms with swine flu. An SMS hospital doctor said that patients with common cold and fever sometimes insist on swine flu test.
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Jaipur: A 23-year-old woman, who delivered a baby two days ago, tested positive for swine flu in Kota on Sunday.
The baby has been admitted to the ICU in a private hospital with similar kind of symptoms of swine flu. The doctors have sent the swab sample to lab for testing for H1N1 influenza.
A medical health and family welfare department official said, "The patient is not a resident of Kota but she had come to her mother's house. The patient resides in Jhalawar."
On September 6, a 48-year-old person died of swine flu in government hospital Kota. This is the second case of swine flu in Kota district. So far in the state swine flu patients have been reported from Bikaner, Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota. Three patients have died of the disease in September one each in Kota, Jaipur and Jodhpur.
In Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh hospital, three patients with swine flu were admitted in the last ten days.
Health director Dr BR Meena said, "There are not so many cases of swine flu registered yet. These are rare cases of swine flu. But, we are cautious and taking all the measures to deal with any kind of situation to prevent any spread of any disease due to mosquitoes and other seasonal diseases."
The department officials in Kota administered Tamiflu tablets to the persons who were in close contact with the patient, the officials said.
But, there is slight scare among people of the disease as hospitals in Jaipur and other nearby districts are full of patients with viral fever and pneumonia, which have some common symptoms with swine flu. An SMS hospital doctor said that patients with common cold and fever sometimes insist for swine flu test.