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| Pvt hospitals with proper infra can treat H1N1 cases: Maha |
| Press Trust of India / Mumbai Aug 10, 2009, 20:00 IST |
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In a move to allow private hospitals to treat swine flu patients, Maharashtra government today asked such hospitals in the city to inform by tomorrow evening whether they have isolation wards with appropriate infrastructure as per WHO norms for handling the cases.
State health officials and Chief Secretary Johny Joseph met chief executive officers of 19 private hospitals and told them that to open an isolation ward for handling H1N1 cases, the wards should have facilities like dedicated medical staff, separate air-conditioning and at least two ventilators.
"If they agreed to have the ward with these conditions, they have to reply by tomorrow evening 5 PM," Joseph told reporters here.
The hospitals included Jaslok, Bombay Hospital Breach Candy, Lilavati, Wockhardt, Brahmakumari and Hinduja.
In the wake of four H1N1 fatalities in Maharashtra, there has been a rush among public for screening, he said, adding 327 positive cases have been detected and 51 cases admitted to hospitals in Mumbai and Pune.
Therefore, to ease long queues and avoid large crowd at a particular place, the government has opened six more centres today --- Cooper Hospital, VN Desai Hospital, S K Patil Hospital, Baba Hospital in Kurla, Shatabdi Hospital and Kannamvarnagar Hospital.
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