All steps taken for control of swine flu: Minister

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Mar 06 2013 | 7:25 PM IST
The Haryana government today said it had taken all necessary steps for prevention and control of swine flu which had claimed 38 lives in the state since January this year.
Health Minister Rao Narender Singh told the state assembly that steps taken to check the disease included ensuring rigorous monitoring and enabling access to sufficient medicines along with setting up of isolation facilities.
He was responding to a calling attention motion by MLAs Sampat Singh, Ramphal, Col (retd) Raghuvir Singh and Anil Vij.
The minister said each district in the state was now prepared to offer ventilator services with government and private hospitals being included in efforts to tackle the disease.
Rao Narender said the proposal for a swine flu testing centre at PGIMS, Rohtak, would be taken up with the Union Health ministry.
The minister said separate swine flu OPDs had been started in each district hospital with the total number of patients screened so far exceeding 10,000.
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First Published: Mar 06 2013 | 7:25 PM IST

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