Nagpur has recorded 46 swine flu fatalities so far this year, says NMC study
Nagpur: Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) issued an advisory for citizens asking them to stay away from crowded places as Swine Flu cases are surging in the city. NMC officials acknowledged 46 deaths so far this year.
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A meeting of the Swine Flu Death Analysis Committee (Death Audit Committee) was held on Wednesday at the Standing Committee Hall of the civic body. During the meeting, experts tried to map out the trajectory in a bid to factor in the reason for the sudden rise in swine flu cases this year and possibly to frame policy for tackling the menace.
The meeting was chaired by Dr Narendra Bahirwar, Medical Health Officer, and it had in attendance of swine flu experts from government hospitals including Dr Gunjan Dalal, Dr Milind Suryawanshi, Dr Rajaratna Waghmare along with Municipal Epidemic Officer Dr Govardhan Navkhare. Experts from private hospitals were also roped in to help with the analysis, as for officials more than Covid-19, swine flu has now emerged as a major health concern.
In light of the surge in cases of swine flu, the civic body asked citizens to maintain personal hygiene, clean their hands regularly using soap and water. Also one must maintain a distance of minimum six feet from a person infected with swine flu. While sneezing or coughing people should use a handkerchief. Similarly, hydration is one important aspect and people should drink plenty of water and take sufficient rest plus eat a nutritious diet.
Further the experts said people should avoid shaking hands or hugging as this is the easiest way to spread the infection. Also citizens should avoid spitting in public places. And most importantly, NMC said people should consume medicines only on advice of doctors and avoid over the counter pills.
Analysing the data, NMC mentioned that this year in all 58 deaths due to suspected infection of swine flu are recorded. Among them however the cause of death of only 46 patients was affirmed due to swine flu. Further sub-categorisation was done wherein 15 patients who died were residents of the city (within NMC limits), 6 hailed from Nagpur rural, 14 were from other districts while 11 others were from other States.
The data collated by NMC this year revealed that the number of people infected with swine flu are about 587 and of them 314 patients were from the city, 104 from Nagpur rural and remaining 169 from other districts. At the outset, the fresh data about 30 suspected swine flu patients was placed before the committee. On analysis, it has been found that 22 of these patients were infected with swine flu while the other 8 had died due to other causes. This includes 11 patients from the city and from them 5 who succumbed were from the city and the remaining 6 patients died due to other reasons.
About 3 deaths were from Nagpur Rural area. The other 11 deaths from districts other than Nagpur however took place in the city during the course of treatment at hospital. Out of them 10 deaths were due to swine flu and 1 death was stated due to other causes. Among the patients admitted in other States, 5 patients have died. Among them, 4 patients were infected with swine flu while one patient died due to other causes.
