Pune : Vials mainly for high-risk groups like medical practitioners, paramedics
The imported vaccine against H1N1 virus will arrive in Pune and other parts of the state this weekend. These are mainly for the high-risk group of medical practitioners and paramedical staff who have been dealing with patients infected with H1N1 virus.
In Pune, over 3,000 patients were treated for swine flu while in the state, this number is over 6,000. Dr V Khanande, joint director of Health Services said that there were 202 swine flu deaths in Pune and a total of 380 in the state.
Since Pune saw a huge number of patients suffering from swine flu, the centre had directed health officials to submit data on the number of doctors and others from the medical community who would need vaccination. A list of 34,215 doctors — both government and private set up — was submitted to the centre, the health officials said. At present, there are 109 hospitals in the state treating swine flu patients, of this 24 are in Pune.
State Health Minister Suresh Shetty had called a meeting in which he directed Sassoon hospital to submit a feasibility report on whether the vaccine can be administered to schoolchildren. When contacted Dr Arun Jamkar, Dean, B J Medical College and Sassoon General Hospital said that their expert team will submit the report soon. “We have already informed our doctors, nurses and paramedical staff about the proposal to vaccinate this high risk group against swine flu,” Jamkar said.
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