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H1N1Scare: Doctors, Staffers rue non availability of N95 masks, vaccination


2/24/2015
Nitesh Sangral
Early Times Report 

Jammu, Feb 23: With panic gripping people across the state due to increasing number of H1N1 cases, doctors in the hospital are apprehending their own safety as they have not been provided the N95 masks which are mandatory to deal with such infectious disease.
A doctor on duty in causality ward, pledging anonymity informed Early Times that the doctors of GMCH Jammu are being compelled to purchase the N95 masks on their own to save themselves from H1N1 during duty hours. "The state health department should be well prepared to deal with such eventuality, especially the doctors who are expected to take care of infected patients" he lamented.
"The N95 masks are a must for the doctors and staff during duty hours since H1N1 cases are increasing in the State", the doctors at GMCH said and added that surgical masks being used may not protect the staff on duty and the situation would only complicate if any case of a doctor getting infected is reported" he added.
The H 1N1virus has already claimed six lives and there are 124 cases tested positive for arcos the state so far.
"Doctors at GMC and hospital, who are dealing with patients at the Emergency and the OPD of the hospital, voiced their apprehensions regarding non availability of immunisation and gear including N95 marks, nonetheless nothing has been done by authorities concerned" informed a staffer at GMC. Principal Ganshyam Dev Gupta, Medical Superintendent of GMC and Hospital Dr Ravinder Rattan Pal and Director Health Service Dr. Baljeet Pathania did not respond to calls for their comment.



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