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RML prepared to deal with H1N1 flu

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Posted: May 02, 2009 at 1207 hrs IST

New Delhi The Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where suspected cases of H1N1 flu are being treated in the capital, said on Saturday that it was well equipped to deal with such cases and has a stock of 1,000 Tamiflu tablets, the drug used to treat the virus.

The RML, the nodal hospital in the city to deal with H1N1 flu cases, has already set up an isolation ward with 30 beds where 20 doctors and 12 nurses are on duty.

"We have a full-fledged isolation ward which has 30 beds. There are 20 doctors and 12 nurses on duty. We also have 1,000 Tamiflu tablets. If there is a shortage of Tamiflu tablets then the NICD will provide it," N K Chaturvedi, Medical Superintendent of RML, said.

The team of doctors comprises general physicians, ENT specialists, paediatricians and micro-biologists, he said adding the hospital also has 100 medical kits which consists of protective gowns, gloves, eye-gears, syringes and scissors.

Two young NRIs, who came from London and Texas, were admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here with suspected H1N1 flu symptoms in the past 24 hours and have been kept under observation in the isolation ward.

A senior Health Ministry official said four to five persons were brought to RML in the past 24 hours but they were discharged as they did not show any symptoms of the H1NI flu.

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