Six-year-old swine flu patient in ICU

Pune, Aug 8 (PTI) A six-year-old girl suffering from
swine flu has been admitted to the ICU ward of a government
hospital here even as two more patients hit by the virus, a
doctor and a pharmacist, continued to battle for their life.

The girl, who was transported from a private clinic to
the hospital Friday night, was "stable" and did not need
ventilator support, hospital officials said Saturday here in
the western state of Maharashtra.

The hospital also admitted two suspected cases of H1N1
infection and test results were awaited, they added.

Close contacts of the critical two cases had been
quarantined.

In another development, Pune cantonment board has closed
ten of its schools as a precautionary measure and there were
reports of more colleges having swine flu cases on their
campus. PTI HBJ
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