Past few months were full of swine flu. In order to control swine flu pandemic government requested public to follow up certain precautions and to get themselves examined in case they have become ill with Swine flu like symptoms including fever, body aches, head aches, runny nose, sore throats, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea etc. Due to all publicity Swine Flu got because of media hype, People panicked and started getting them admitted to the hospitals. This brought an extra workload and overheads to Doctors and Staffers of government hospitals and medical colleges.

But now everyone knows that in order to make country H1N1 free, immunity should be developed in people against the virus which will be possible only after 50% of population will get infected.

Considering above fact, government has decided to focus only on serious and indoor flu patients because H1N1 may cause worsening chronic medical conditions and even death. And for the patients suffering because of symptoms like cold, body aches or normal fever, government has decided to provide normal health check ups to check whether or not detailed medical examinations are necessary for them.

According to government’s decision on Friday out of 105 patients screened for flu in the city, only one was admitted to isolation ward. Therefore number of patients being admitted to swine flu isolation ward has come down significantly and doctors are having a sigh of relief and they are really hoping reduced workload during Dussehra and Diwali season after working tirelessly for months.