Swine Flu

 

Some basic Do`s and Dont's of Swine Flu:-

Do's

• Make it a habit to wash your hands with antiseptic handwash ( dettol) as frequently as possible, especially after arriving at your workplace from outside and again one back home
• Virus particles can survive for hours on surfaces such as door handles, so it's important to wash your hands frequently with soap and water.
• Avoid going to public / crowded places
• Drink plenty of water and eat nutritious home cooked food.
• Please make sure you cover your mouth with a N95 mask only

If you are sick, PLEASE

• Stay home and limit contact with others as much as possible
• Seek medical advice as soon as you find yourself / family member feeling slightest of symptoms of H1N1
• Avoid intake of non vegetarian food

DO NOTs

• Spit in public
• Shake hands with people
• Take medicines without consulting a physician
• Eat / drink or let your family member do so from any outlets outside

The symptoms of the H1N1 flu are similar to normal flu and include

• Fever, coughing, sore throat, headache,
• Aching limbs, chills and fatigue.
• Some patients infected with the H1N1 flu have also reported
• Loss of appetite, diarrhea and vomiting.
• In very young children, the warning signs include, fast or troubled breathing, a bluish skin tone, failure to interact with others, and being highly irritable.
• Only laboratory testing can tell for certain. We recommend employees to proactively contact or call medical staff or doctors on duty in case of any such symptoms

	GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZED HOSPITALS FOR TREATMENT OF SWINE FLU   City Hospital Address Contact Chennai King Institute of Preventive Medicine (24/7 Service) Guindy, Chennai – 32 (044) 22501520, 22501521 & 22501522 Communicable Diseases Hospital Thondiarpet, Chennai (044) 25912686/87/88, 9444459543 Government General Hospital Opp. Central Railway Station, Chennai – 03 (044) 25305000, 25305723, 25305721, 25330300 Pune Naidu Hospital Nr Le'Meridian, Raja Bahadur Mill, GPO, Pune – 01 (020) 26058243 National Institute of Virology 20A Ambedkar Road, Pune – 11 (020) 26006290 Kolkata ID Hospital 57,Beliaghata, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata - 10ý (033) 23701252 Coimbatore Government General Hospital Near Railway Station, Trichy Road, Coimbatore – 18 (0422) 2301393, 2301394, 2301395, 2301396 Hyderabad Govt. General and Chest Diseases Hospital, Erragadda, Hyderabad (040) 23814939 Mumbai Kasturba Gandhi Hospital Arthur Road, N M Joshi Marg, Jacob Circle, Mumbai - 11 (022) 23083901, 23092458, 23004512 Sir J J Hospital J J Marg, Byculla, Mumbai - 08 (022) 23735555, 23739031, 23760943, 23768400 / 23731144 / 5555 / 23701393 / 1366 Haffkine Institute Acharya Donde Marg, Parel, Mumbai – 12 (022) 24160947, 24160961, 24160962 Kochi Government Medical College Gandhi Nagar P O, Kottayam - 08 (0481) 2597311,2597312 Government Medical College Vandanam P O, Allapuzha - 05 (0477) 2282015 Taluk Hospital Railway Station Road, Alwaye, Ernakulam (0484) 2624040  Sathyajit - 09847840051 Taluk Hospital Perumbavoor PO, Ernakulam 542 (0484) 2523138  Vipin - 09447305200 Gurgaon & Delhi All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Ansari Nagar, Aurobindo Marg Ring Road, New Delhi – 29 (011) 26594404, 26861698  Prof. R C Deka - 9868397464 National Institute for Communicable Diseases 22, Sham Nath Marg, New Delhi – 54 (011) 23971272/060/344/524/449/326 Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi – 01 (011) 23741640, 23741649, 23741639 Dr. N K Chaturvedi – 9811101704 Vallabhai Patel Chest Institute University Enclave, New Delhi- 07 (011) 27667102, 27667441, 27667667, 27666182 Bangalore Victoria Hospital K R Market, Kalasipalayam, Bangalore – 02 (080) 26703294  Dr. Gangadhar - 94480-49863 SDS Tuberculosis & Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases Hosur Road, Hombegowda Nagar, Bangalore – 29 (080) 26631923  Dr. Shivaraj - 99801-48780   STAY ALERT! PREVENT AGAINST SWINE FLU
Regards,   Manu Dixit