Special ward at Puttaparthi Hospital for Swine Flu.

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Special ward at Puttaparthi Hospital for Swine Flu.Express News Service : 14 Aug 2009 03:40:00 AM ISTANANTAPUR: The State Government has directed the district administration to take steps to prevent the spread of Swine Flu.PUTTAPARTHI: Meanwhile, a separate ward to treat people affected by swine flu has been set up in the superspeciality hospital in Puttaparti, it is reliably learnt. The hospital management has written to the district medical and health department requesting it grant

permisssion for the special ward besides placing an indent for medicines.Puttaparthi is on a high alert as a large number of foreigners visit the Prasanti Nilayam for darshan of Satya Saibaba. An emergency meeting was conducted yesterday to discuss the steps to be taken in the event of detection of some positive cases.Source - http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Special+ward+at+Puttaparti+hospital & artid=APCMlkDzeiE= & SectionID=e7uPP4|pSiw= & MainSectionID=fyV9T2jIa4A= & SectionName=EH8HilNJ2uYAot5nzqumeA== & SEO=~~~ ~~~ ~~~Prevent spread of virus in Religious places: GovtSTAFF WRITER 22:12 HRS ISTHyderabad, Aug 13 (PTI) The Andhra Pradesh government has stepped up vigil to prevent any spread of Swine flu in the popular religious places of Tirupati and Puttaparthi in the state.Principal Secretary (Health) L V Subrahmanyam told reporters today that the government has issued instructions to the officials to check the spread of the virus at Tirupati and Puttaparthi, the abode of Satya Sai Baba, where massive congregation of devotees take place.Government hospitals in Tirupati have been equipped to admit patients, while efforts have also been initiated to prevent the spread of the influenza at Puttaparthi, where large number of foreign devotees visit, he said.Source - http://www.ptinews.com/news/228752_Prevent-spread-of-virus-in-religious-places--GovtyOur wAtch-dOg...rOhit beHaL

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