*MT Agarwal Hospital*
022 25605728,
022 25605729,
Mulund (West),
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400080
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*Rajawadi Hospital*
Phone:
022 25115066 - 70
022 25127372
022 25094149 - 53
022 25125610 - 11
7, Ghatkopar (East),
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400077
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K.B. BHABHA HOSPITAL
(Bandra Bhabha Hospital)
R.K. Patkar Marg, Bandra (West)
Mumbai 400 050.
Phone:
022 26422541
022 26422542
022 26422775
022 26429828
022 26406787
Nearest Railway Station: Bandra
BEST Busses approaching: 422, 222, 384
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*Siddharth Hospital*
Siddharth Nagar, Dr. Subramanium Road
Opposite Motilalnagar Post Office
Goregaon (West)
Mumbai - 400104, Maharashtra
Phone:
022 28766886
022 28766885
022 28766885 / 86
022 26362726
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Bhagwati Hospital
Mandapeshwar Road,
Mandapeshwar,
Borivali(west) - 400092
Phone: 022 28932461
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Dr Deepak Purohit wrote to Presidents about Swine Flu
My dear Presidents,
I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information.
These are few facts about swine flu when discussed with the leading epidemiologists.
1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu is not new, first detected in 1987
2) Infective stage of flue is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after onset of symptoms
3) The best way to prevent it spreading is asking patient having symptoms of flu like fever cough and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so he does not transmit it
4) Masks are of limited value if any, in this disease, it can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact etc, and I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as fashion statement, while walking on road today morning I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs!, many wearing masks around their necks, and so on, infect these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus, instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable, because you get recalculated air, where the virus density multiplies
5)Death after H1N1 flu is not common, infect infections like measles is taking toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious of the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by media trying to create hysteria among lay people.
6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress, should be immediately notified which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu
7)The mortality is less than .01 percent of those affected, that means may be one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the life loss.
8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion, what happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus, the same is going to happen, we develop immunity in due course of time, the virus is in the air, you can not stop it, our body is already developing the immunity so nothing to panic.
We need to take care of children and elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places that are all.
WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL, NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR SPECIFIC EXPOSED TO LOT OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITTED, NOT PROVEN.
I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks of RS 20 each which are available to less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefitted?
Please spread the scientific info, do not join the band wagon and stick to science, that should be the order of the day.
Deepak Purohit
District governor
3131
--
Rtn Dr Deepak Purohit
DG 09/10
Dist 3131
Purohit Clinic, Plot 78, MCCHS
Panvel, Maharashtra
India
PIN 410206
Cell no. 098209 77773
I agree with you that swine flu awareness is needed, but there is no need to be panicky and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information.
These are few facts about swine flu when discussed with the leading epidemiologists.
1) Swine flu, that is H1N1 flu is not new, first detected in 1987
2) Infective stage of flue is 5 days, 1 day before and 4 days after onset of symptoms
3) The best way to prevent it spreading is asking patient having symptoms of flu like fever cough and running nose to take rest at home for 4 days so he does not transmit it
4) Masks are of limited value if any, in this disease, it can spread through droplets on your skin, through contact etc, and I have seen that the masks in Pune are worn as fashion statement, while walking on road today morning I saw people wearing masks coming out for a morning walk with their dogs!, many wearing masks around their necks, and so on, infect these masks shall act as the vehicles to carry the virus, instead, avoiding crowded places or cinema halls or malls where air conditioners are on, is advisable, because you get recalculated air, where the virus density multiplies
5)Death after H1N1 flu is not common, infect infections like measles is taking toll of thousands more every year, and we are oblivious of the facts. Swine flu is being blown out of proportion by media trying to create hysteria among lay people.
6) Fever accompanied by respiratory distress, should be immediately notified which is likely to be a complication of H1N1 flu
7)The mortality is less than .01 percent of those affected, that means may be one in 10,000 affected is likely to suffer the life loss.
8) If you remember, 2 years ago SARS was blown out of proportion, what happened? Humans develop immunity to the virus, the same is going to happen, we develop immunity in due course of time, the virus is in the air, you can not stop it, our body is already developing the immunity so nothing to panic.
We need to take care of children and elderly who have less immunity and do not let them go to crowded places that are all.
WE MUST START THIS CAMPAIGN OF NOT TO BE AFRAID OF THIS FLU AND LET YOUR DAILY WORK CONTINUE AS NORMAL, NO MASKS FOR ORDINARY CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS OR SPECIFIC EXPOSED TO LOT OF CROWDED ENVIRONMENTS MAY BE BENEFITTED, NOT PROVEN.
I am amazed to hear that people are selling masks of RS 20 each which are available to less than Rupee 1 in the market.
See who is getting benefitted?
Please spread the scientific info, do not join the band wagon and stick to science, that should be the order of the day.
Deepak Purohit
District governor
3131
--
Rtn Dr Deepak Purohit
DG 09/10
Dist 3131
Purohit Clinic, Plot 78, MCCHS
Panvel, Maharashtra
India
PIN 410206
Cell no. 098209 77773
Five Screening And Isolation Centre For Swine Flu In Mumbai
Mumbai: Five testing, screening and isolation centres across the city were made functional on Sunday, to lessen the burden of Kasturba Hospital, which was the main screening and isolation centre for swine flu so far. However, these centres -- MT Agarwal Hospital, Mulund, Rajawadi Hospital, Ghatkopar, Bhabha Hospital, Bandra, Siddharth Hospital, Goregaon and Bhagwati Hospital in Borivili -- are now having a tough time catering to anxious patients wanting to give their throat swabs for testing.
Serpentine queues were seen from 8 am on Monday at MT Agarwal Hospital, where five patients suspected to be suffering from swine flu have been admitted to the isolation ward. Over 50% of 'patients' who had to be tested, were children. "Over-anxious parents have been flocking to the hospital with their kids ever since Sunday, when this screening centre was started," said a doctor who had screened over 100 children on Monday.
At Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar too children formed a significant number of patients. "A lot of these children have a common cold or flu. But paranoid parents are rushing them to the screening centres," said a doctor at the hospital.
"I first took my son to a doctor at Hiranandani Hospital in Powai, who referred me to Rajawadi Hospital. The doctors there asked me to come to Mulund," said Praveen Shah, Powai-resident and father of a seven-year-old.
Paediatricians and general practitioners in the city agreed that panic has spread among parents. "Children are most susceptible to seasonal flus and common cold. They stay in close proximity to each other, in classrooms and playgrounds, which helps the virus spread easily. However, every fever is not swine flu," said Dr Arjun Pandit.
Siddharth Hospital at Goregaon saw 500 people in the screening and isolation centre. One of the doctors said that out of these just 70-80 showed some symptoms. "About 90 throat swabs were collected," said Dr RR Tripathi, medical superintendent, Siddharth Hospital.
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