Three male patients have tested positive for H1N1 (swine flu) and were referred today to JIPMER for further treatment, a senior official said. The official in the Health Department here said that the three patients hailed from Puducherry. They tested positive for the virus after they were examined at the Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital and Research Institute here, and were now under intensive treatment at JIPMER. The official said two middle aged women, hailing from the neighbouring Kalapet and Murungapakkam villages, had died of swine flu recently at a suburban government hospital rpt hospital. Moderately ill cases would be referred to this hospital while severe cases would be referred to the department of virology in JIPMER, the official said.

Source: dna January 29, 2017 16:41 UTC