Swine flu-hit member wants drive to educate people on disease

A YSR Congress member, who has just recovered from Swine flu, today made a strong plea in the Lok Sabha for a major media drive to make people aware of the deadly disease which has claimed the lives of almost 1,000 people.
Raising the issue during zero hour, Kothapalli Geetha regretted that the treatment to the disease starts late as diagnostic centres are not established across the country.
She said medicines are not available across the country. "The virus spreads very fast. First 48 hours are very crucial. People are facing a lot of problems in places like Araku, and also in many areas in Rajasthan, and Gujarat".

"By the time people realise that they are suffering from swine flu, it becomes too late," she said.
Besides, she claimed that if any person is infected once again by swine flu then he has to face death as the only medicine that works on the disease is not effective the second time.