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DAK sees Swine Flu threat in Kashmir `Hospitals san infrastructure, medicines to fight virus' 2/13/2015 11:30:02 PM Javaid Naikoo Early Times Report Srinagar, Feb 13 : The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) while warning of serious consequences of Swine flu Spread in Kashmir said that two premier hospitals in Kashmir are not well equipped to tackle the increasing number of swine flu cases due to lack of infrastructure and unavailability of life saving medicine. DAK today said that two designated hospitals for treating swine flu (H1N1) disease in Kashmir division lack much needed negative pressure isolation wards and logistics and added that "Tamiflu (Oseltamivir), the only life saving drug for treatment and prophylaxis of H1N1 is not also available in the hospitals of Kashmir. While warning of severe consequences DAK president, Dr Nisar ul Hassan said that H1N1 patients in SMHS and SKIMS hospitals are kept with other patients which can make them vulnerable to the deadly virus as well and said that designated laboratory for testing at SKIMS does not have the desired Biosafety-3 level for handling and processing H1N1 samples which is dangerous to staff and added that the rising number of swine flu (H1N1) cases is "alarming". Doctors body said that recent sudden spurt of swine flu (H1N1) cases across the India and Kashmir is alarming and in Kashmir some throat samples have shown genetic mutations and possibly because of this change in the virus death rate has increased. "There are no H1N1 vaccines which are to be given to high risk persons with diabetes, chronic diseases, elderly, children below 5 years of age, pregnant because the virus can be fatal in them," DAK Said Dr Nisar -ul Hassan said that no awareness programmes are conducted in hospitals with the result of which majority of H1N1 patients areoverlooked and some senior health officials are trying to keep public in dark by falsely assuring people of infrastructure to combat the virus in the government hospitals. He revealed that "Public is deceived by some health officials while the fact of the matter is that hospitals in the valley are not prepared to combat any H1N1 outbreak." Pertinently DAK has earlier on February 3, 2015 also warned that Kashmir is not prepared to deal with the Swine Flu virus or its victims and had predicted that there is a probability of Swine Flu outbreak in Kashmir but the hospitals are not ill-equipped to deal with the virus. In 2009 Kashmir had 53 positive cases and three deaths, and keeping in view past experiences DAK had predicted that there is a definite threat of swine flu outbreak in Valley as well.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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