Sassoon authorities seek import of ‘emergency’ swine flu drug
Pune The Sassoon General Hospital authorities have urged the government to import drug Peramivir, recommended by the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use in combating swine flu.
Dr Arun Jamkar, dean, Sassoon General Hospital and B J Medical College who recently participated in a meeting on swine flu organised by the Johns Hopkins University, USA, said that Peramivir was used as an ‘emergency drug’ for patients who were sick and not responding to treatment. “We have written to the government to allow the import of such a drug that would help towards the better management of the patients in the Intensive Care units,” said Jamkar.
While Jamkar also called for creating awareness on the use of Tamiflu within 36 hours of swine flu-like symptoms, according to the Chemists Association of Pune there has been a very poor response to the sale of the drug at drug stores. Mahendra Pitaliya, coordinator of the Chemists Association of Pune, said, “There is a limited sale of the drug as it is freely available at the government hospitals and centres.”
Meanwhile, a total of 160 deaths have been registered in Pune district due to swine flu, the recent one being that of 28-year-old Nisha Pasalkar from Garmal Dhayri who died on January 7 at Bharati Hospital.
According to a press release, a total of 11 people were detected positive with the H1N1 virus on Thursday. A total of 607 people with swine flu like symptoms were adminstered Tamiflu.
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