By IANS,
New Delhi: The Delhi government Wednesday authorised two more private hospitals to treat swine flu patients even as 48 new cases of the disease were reported in the capital.
“The government has authorised two private hospitals – Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Action Balaji Hospital – to treat H1N1 patients in Delhi after thoroughly examining their capabilities,” Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia said Wednesday.
The minister informed that these hospitals would each establish a 20-bed isolation ward for those with the H1N1 virus.
With this, the number of private hospitals authorised by the government to treat swine flu has reached four – the other two being Apollo and Moolchand Hospitals.
“These hospitals can issue prescription for the purchase of Tamiflu medicine after seeing the positive reports of H1N1 from the accredited laboratories,” said an official statement here.
The national capital Wednesday reported 48 new positive cases of influenza A H1N1. Of these, 19 are children.
So far, Delhi has reported over 3,279 cases of swine flu and 15 people have died of the disease.