Indian Health Minister JP Nadda
made his first statement on seasonal flu in Parliament and stated no stone has been left unturned to fight the outbreak on Tuesday.
However, it seems that opposition and health experts are not quite satisfied with this and there were direct comparison of him with senior minister Sushma Swaraj who handled
India's first major medical crisis - Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) -
in 2003.
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A senior official closely associated with Swaraj during the SARS outbreak recalled how the minister took multiple briefings from officials and inspected hospitals. "Handling an epidemic-proportion syndrome is also about creating public awareness and handling the media. Sushmaji was right on top of things. She would sometimes brief the media twice a day about the arrangements being made," the official said.
Officials told ET that Nadda has
been reviewing the situation regularly. However, Nadda's statement in
parliament was his first public remark on the issue. Unlike his predecessors,
Nadda has not held press briefings on seasonal flu. Although there have been
press releases and random news bytes to television, there has been no statement
from the minister on the issue especially to curb panic.
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Doctors and paramedical staff in Delhi dealing with swine flu patients are likely to be vaccinated free of cost.
"The issue has been because of medical inertia over the last two years. Doctors have forgotten the spread of flu in 2009 and 2010. The public is not being advised that there is no need for mass vaccination or even tests. Not everyone needs to be tested. The deaths being reported have been due to delayed treatment," said Dr VM Katoch, directorgeneral of Indian Council of Medical Research.
Source: Medindia
Free Vaccination for Doctors at Risk of Swine Flu
Doctors and paramedical staff in Delhi dealing with swine flu patients are likely to be vaccinated free of cost.
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"The issue has been because of medical inertia over the last two years. Doctors have forgotten the spread of flu in 2009 and 2010. The public is not being advised that there is no need for mass vaccination or even tests. Not everyone needs to be tested. The deaths being reported have been due to delayed treatment," said Dr VM Katoch, directorgeneral of Indian Council of Medical Research.
Source: Medindia
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