Swine flu testing facilities to be expanded to 50 labs

JAIPUR: Expanding diagnostic facilities for swine flu in 5 new medical faculties, that have become operational from 2018-19 educational session, the state government has authorized Rs 1 crore for every of the 5 medical faculties -Pali, Dungarpur, Bharatpur, Bhilwara and Churu for launching swine flu checking out facilities.

The well being division will even introduce swine flu test facilities at 33 district hospitals in 33 districts of the state. At provide, 12 laboratories existing in seven government-run medical faculties in Ajmer, Kota, Jaipur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Jodhpur and Jhalawar, four in non-public laboratories and one at Desert Medicine Research Centre, Jodhpur have swine flu test facilities.

The determination has been taken to strengthen early prognosis facilities of swine flu for timely treatment of sufferers. Acting on advisory issued through National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, well being division will start carrying out screening of persons for swine flu at bus stands and in addition at railway stations across the state.


Passengers coming to Rajasthan and going out of the state will be screened for swine flu. The determination has been taken in a high-level assembly held at well being directorate headed through well being minister Raghu Sharma on Monday.


Health division groups will be deployed at bus stands and railway stations. The groups will habits screening of other people for swine flu affected by influenza like sickness. Health minister Raghu Sharma stated from January 21 to January 25, they've conducted screening of crores of other people within the state through carrying out door-to-door survey. Expanding their reach, they've decided to deploy their team concentrated on lakhs of other people travelling on a daily basis within the state.


Death toll due to swine flu has larger to 75 in January to this point. Two of them died on Monday. The deaths were reported from Nagaur and Udaipur. January is witnessing some of the worst outbreaks as 1,911 persons were discovered inflamed with swine flu virus in first 28 days of the month.


Concerned over frequent deaths due to swine flu, the NIV had issued advisory closing week to the state government to strengthen screening of other people for swine flu for early prognosis and timely treatment of the disease.
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