bhopal

Updated: Sep 18, 2015 21:29 IST

Swine flu is coming up as a bigger challenge in Madhya Pradesh than dengue as it has already claimed 12 lives and taken 34 down, principal secretary health Gauri Singh said on Friday.

However, dengue count in terms of patients has already reached 300. But, It has claimed nil deaths so far, she said adding that the health department officials were monitoring the spread of flu on the patient-to-patient basis through constant reviews of their condition and mode of treatment.

At least 10 swine flu patients alone were undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Jabalpur, Indore and Bhopal, she said, adding on Thursday alone a 15-year-old boy of Bhopal and 45-year-old man from Jabalpur succumbed to the flu.

To handle the situation, swine flu swab test facilities had been started in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Bhopal from Saturday. Earlier, all the samples used to be sent to the Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribal (RMRCT) of Jabalpur.

Singh said besides this a team of experts had been entrusted with the task of checking the line of treatment in various private and government hospitals.

In Sagar district, three cases of swine flu have been reported so far. Indore had three swine flu positive cases. Out of them two have succumbed to the disease.



Dengue under control

Health officials said the cases of dengue were also rising but the situation was under control.

Northern part of the state especially Shivpuri is the worst affected district with dengue in the state. Around 100 cases of dengue have been reported in the district till the date. Sehore district also reported five cases over a week.

" In all 40% cases of dengue are reported from Shivpuri. Our 40 teams are working in Shivpuri to control the situation", said Singh said.