<p> A 15-year-old swine flu patient died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital while 33 people tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital on Tuesday, taking the death toll to four and total number of cases to 154 this year, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, doctors said with temperature rising and humidity falling, the number of H1N1 cases will start declining in the days ahead. <br /><br />City health minister A K Walia on Tuesday said the department is keeping a close watch on preparedness of hospitals to treat patients and make available beds in isolation wards.<br /><br />Walia reviewed the situation at a meeting attended by central government’s director (emergency medical relief) P Ravindran, senior officers of the National Centre for Disease Control, medical superintendents of government and private hospitals and diagnostic laboratories.<br /><br />Walia said he has identified 17 government and five private hospitals for treatment, and three government and five private diagnostic laboratories are working round-the-clock to manage H1N1 cases. <br /><br />While the stock of medicine is adequate, Walia asked doctors and health workers to ensure complete personal protection, particularly in intensive care areas.<br /><br />No vaccination<br /><br />Ravindran said there is no need for vaccination against H1N1 in the present scenario. He said no preventive treatment is required in most cases as of now. <br />“Only high-risk cases such as people above 65 years with multiple diseases need prophylactic treatment,” said Ravindran. <br /><br />Hospitalisation is not needed for category A patients having symptoms such as mild fever with cough, sore throat with or without body ache and headache as these are simple cases of influenza. <br /></p>
<p> A 15-year-old swine flu patient died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital while 33 people tested positive for the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital on Tuesday, taking the death toll to four and total number of cases to 154 this year, an official said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>However, doctors said with temperature rising and humidity falling, the number of H1N1 cases will start declining in the days ahead. <br /><br />City health minister A K Walia on Tuesday said the department is keeping a close watch on preparedness of hospitals to treat patients and make available beds in isolation wards.<br /><br />Walia reviewed the situation at a meeting attended by central government’s director (emergency medical relief) P Ravindran, senior officers of the National Centre for Disease Control, medical superintendents of government and private hospitals and diagnostic laboratories.<br /><br />Walia said he has identified 17 government and five private hospitals for treatment, and three government and five private diagnostic laboratories are working round-the-clock to manage H1N1 cases. <br /><br />While the stock of medicine is adequate, Walia asked doctors and health workers to ensure complete personal protection, particularly in intensive care areas.<br /><br />No vaccination<br /><br />Ravindran said there is no need for vaccination against H1N1 in the present scenario. He said no preventive treatment is required in most cases as of now. <br />“Only high-risk cases such as people above 65 years with multiple diseases need prophylactic treatment,” said Ravindran. <br /><br />Hospitalisation is not needed for category A patients having symptoms such as mild fever with cough, sore throat with or without body ache and headache as these are simple cases of influenza. <br /></p>