As many as 105 persons, including 78 para medical staff of a hospital where the 14-year-old school girl died of swine flu, have been put on preventive medication for H1N1 virus.
However, many of the family members of Rida Shaikh, a Class Nine Pune student who succumbed to the deadly influenza virus yesterday, including her mother and cousin sister have tested negative for the infection, they said.
Preventive medication would be given for ten days to all those who came in contact with the flu victim, the officials said.
Meanwhile, civic health officials have started screening students of Anne's school where Rida studied. The school has put up a notice saying it will remain closed for two days till tomorrow.
Government today issued fresh guidelines to contain the spread of swine flu in the country a day after one patient succumbed to the disease in Pune.
According to the new guidelines, patients, whose swab test are pending but have mild flu symptoms, will now have the option of being treated at home.
The Centre while issuing the guidelines considered the fact that the fear of isolation at stipulated hospitals was making less people with swine flu symptoms to report.
"After the clinical examination by a doctor at the identified health facility, a person can be treated at home or at the hospitals pending results of the swine flu test," Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Health Vineet Choudhary told reporters here.
He, however, added that the decision of the doctors at the identified health facility would be final regarding hospitalisation of the patient.
According to the guidelines, if a person is being isolated and treated at home, then the care givers and family members would be given measures on how to protect themselves as well as take care of the patient.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said that there was total negligence on part of the hospital which treated the 14-year-old girl, who died of swine flu in Pune.
Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Chavan said: "This incident is really unfortunate. I feel there was total negligence on part of those who admitted her to the hospital and negligence on part of the hospital."
He said that health authorities would find out the reasons as to why proper treatment was not given to her.
Chavan, who met senior health officials, said he asked officials to take every possible step to deal with such cases.
Meanwhile, the girl's family members have blamed the doctors for failing to detect the disease in time.
The hospital authorities who had carried the tests following the directions of government and health officials did not report that she was infected by swine flu.
The officials at Jehangir Hospital where she was admitted however said that they have kept everyone in the family informed about her condition .
However, many of the family members of Rida Shaikh, a Class Nine Pune student who succumbed to the deadly influenza virus yesterday, including her mother and cousin sister have tested negative for the infection, they said.
Preventive medication would be given for ten days to all those who came in contact with the flu victim, the officials said.
Meanwhile, civic health officials have started screening students of Anne's school where Rida studied. The school has put up a notice saying it will remain closed for two days till tomorrow.
Government today issued fresh guidelines to contain the spread of swine flu in the country a day after one patient succumbed to the disease in Pune.
According to the new guidelines, patients, whose swab test are pending but have mild flu symptoms, will now have the option of being treated at home.
The Centre while issuing the guidelines considered the fact that the fear of isolation at stipulated hospitals was making less people with swine flu symptoms to report.
"After the clinical examination by a doctor at the identified health facility, a person can be treated at home or at the hospitals pending results of the swine flu test," Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Health Vineet Choudhary told reporters here.
He, however, added that the decision of the doctors at the identified health facility would be final regarding hospitalisation of the patient.
According to the guidelines, if a person is being isolated and treated at home, then the care givers and family members would be given measures on how to protect themselves as well as take care of the patient.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has said that there was total negligence on part of the hospital which treated the 14-year-old girl, who died of swine flu in Pune.
Terming the incident as "unfortunate", Chavan said: "This incident is really unfortunate. I feel there was total negligence on part of those who admitted her to the hospital and negligence on part of the hospital."
He said that health authorities would find out the reasons as to why proper treatment was not given to her.
Chavan, who met senior health officials, said he asked officials to take every possible step to deal with such cases.
Meanwhile, the girl's family members have blamed the doctors for failing to detect the disease in time.
The hospital authorities who had carried the tests following the directions of government and health officials did not report that she was infected by swine flu.
The officials at Jehangir Hospital where she was admitted however said that they have kept everyone in the family informed about her condition .
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