Eight patients with swine flu are critical in Pune | Pune News

Pune: Another patient tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday. Thus, the number of HIV-positive patients for contagion in city hospitals has reached 579 this year. "Currently, the health status of eight patients with swine flu is critical and they have been placed undergoing respiratory badistance in various hospitals in the city of Pune," said a doctor from the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC ).

"We have already intensified our surveillance work whereby suspected patients are screened in time and treated to stop mortality. An evaluation of the deceased patients showed that the delay in treatment was one of the main causes of the complications and the resulting death. We have also asked physicians to administer oseltamivir to patients with concomitant diseases within 24 hours, "said Anjali Sabne, Deputy Medical Officer of Health (AMoH), PMC.

Experts have attributed the sharp increase in swine flu cases and deaths in that state during the last two months to prolonged rainfall, significant fluctuations in daytime and nighttime temperatures, and co-circulation of animals. other forms of influenza.

Scientists at the National Institute of Virology (NIV) based in Pune confirmed that the positivity of the two influenza viruses (H1N1 and H3N2) had collectively increased by more than 10% in September.

In addition to the seasonal outbreak, the co-circulation of the two types of viruses (H1N1 and H3N2) is one of the reasons why NNI scientists are seeing more and more cases of influenza-like illness. The H3N2 virus circulates not only in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, but also in other parts of the state.