4 more H1N1 deaths in state, toll reaches 234
Ahmedabad/Rajkot: Four more swine flu positive patients, three from Ahmedabad and one from Porbandar, died on Tuesday taking the state
Ahmedabad/Rajkot: Four more swine flu positive patients, three from Ahmedabad and one from Porbandar, died on Tuesday taking the state
Pune For the first time in six months not a single case of H1N1 virus has been reported at Sassoon General Hospital in last two days. There has been a positive drop in the number of cases at the government hospital.
Surat: Seven patients admitted to various hospitals in city tested positive on Sunday. Meanwhile, city administration served two more hospitals with a notice for not reporting positive swine flu cases, as per the norm. The government figures show that as many as 20 swine flu patients are receiving treatment in various hospitals in the city.
Mumbai The state health department will seek 2,500 doses of H1N1 vaccines from the Centre for the immunisation of healthcare professionals exposed to the virus.
Rajkot: Three deaths were reported in five hours on Thursday at PDU hospital
Vadodara/Rajkot: Swine flu claimed two more lives in the city on Tuesday, while a 40-year-old woman lost her life due to the pandemic in Rajkot. The first victim in Vadodara was SK Bhatnagar, who was admitted to a private hospital, and died early on Tuesday morning while Suresh Patel died was at SSG hospital (SSG) later in the morning.
Sohini Das & Maulik Pathak / Ahmedabad January 27, 2010, 0:58 IST As the country
With the National Institute of Virology (NIV) admitting that the H1N1 viral transmission has not yet stopped, imported H1N1 vaccine will soon be administered to the high-risk groups of doctors and paramedics dealing with swine flu patients.
At a hearing here at the Council of Europe, a European Union human rights watchdog, the World Health Organisation (WHO) denied on Tuesday that it was unduly influenced by drug companies to exaggerate the dangers of the H1N1 flu virus. Pharmaceutical firms picked up multi-million dollar vaccination contracts when the United Nations health agency declared the flu a pandemic last June.
Pune With the National Institute of Virology (NIV) admitting that the H1N1 viral transmission has not yet stopped, imported H1N1 vaccine will soon be administered to the high-risk groups of doctors and paramedics dealing with swine flu patients.
Not Taking Pandemic Seriously Is To Trivialize Deaths Of Over 14,000 People: WHO New Delhi: The World Health Organization has termed allegations of creating a fake pandemic around H1N1 swine flu virus to bring economic benefit to the pharma industry as
ISLAMABAD: National Institute of Health (NIH) on Tuesday confirmed that 24 deaths had been reported from swine flu (H1N1) so far throughout the country. According to NIH sources, out of total 1,029 suspected cases 253 reported H1N1 positive while in 24 deaths three were from Islamabad, 12 from Punjab, five from Sindh, two from AJK, one from NWFP and one from Gilgit-Baltistan. They said out o
Jammu: Swine flu claimed another life when a GREF driver died at the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital this morning. Reports said Manoj (35), who is basically from Kerala, was presently posted at Akhnoor. He was unwell for the past few weeks and was consulting local doctors.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is planning to review its response to H1N1 once the pandemic is over. Several European countries have accused it of exaggeration.
Even as questions are raised about the efficacy of the H1N1 vaccine, India has given leading French pharmaceutical company Sanofi Pasteur permission to start trials from Wednesday. While the trials will take about three weeks, the single dose vaccine will be available from the second week of February.
Vadodara/Rajkot: Two died of swine flu in Vadodara and Rajkot on Wednesday. A 49-year-old assistant manager with a nationalised bank became the 16th person to succumb to swine flu in Vadodara on Wednesday. Hitendra Parmar was admitted to SSG Hospital on Monday. A resident of Harni-Warasiya Ring Road, he used to work as an assistant manager with Vijaya Bank
New Delhi: With the WHO now admitting that the seriousness of the swine flu pandemic had been overestimated, India on Tuesday demanded an inquiry on why the global body pressed the panic button in the first place.
To Be Tested On 100 Volunteers; In April, Local Version At Rs 80 Kounteya Sinha | TNN New Delhi: Clinical trials of the first H1N1 vaccine to be used on Indians from mid-February will start on Wednesday. Three medical institutes in Delhi, Chandigarh and Pune will test the H1N1 vaccine made by French vaccine manufacturer Sanofi Pasteur in a three-week bridging study on 100 Indians.
Rajkot: Three deaths, including that of a suspected swine flu patient, were reported at PDU Hospital
Three consecutive swine flu deaths in the last three days, starting from January 16, have rocked the industrial capital of the State, which is already reeling under swine flu scare for the last few months.