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Now that seven lives have already been claimed by swine flu, terror has gripped many parts of the country. However, doctors maintain that H1N1 is not deadly, and its mortality rate is similar to any other kind of flu. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bangalore has a reason to worry. With 11 fresh swine flu cases on Friday, the city recorded the highest number of new infections in a day, taking its tally to 63. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the number of swine flu cases rapidly growing in Bangalore, the news of a testing unit at National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS) came as good news to the panic-stricken city. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the swine flu panic having gripped the city, even a common cold or cough is sending people to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases and Victoria Hospital and get tested for H1N1 virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Panic reached a fever pitch in Bangalore on Wednesday as hundreds of people queued up outside Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Disease (RGCID) to get tested for H1N1. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SDS Tuberculosis & Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) is the first hospital in Bangalore to initiate screening and treatment of patients affected by the H1N1 virus. With India still reeling under the shock of its first swine flu death that was reported in Pune, Dr Shahshidhar Buggi, director of RGICD, spoke to Soumita Majumdar about the necessity to change the swine flu guidelines to ensure proper treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The first swine flu death in the country, that of a 14-year-old girl from Pune, has set alarm bells ringing in Bangalore as in other parts of the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With the onset of monsoon, the city doctors have warned that this season can be a dangerous one when it comes to contracting H1N1 virus (among others). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

After India reported its first swine flu death on Monday, Bangaloreans are worried whether the city medical experts are fully equipped to tackle an outbreak of the disease here. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Post delivery, software professional Nisha Khanna moved to a place that was walking distance from her office. Apart from lunch break, she takes two more breaks every day to go home to breastfeed her little one. She had no other option as she had to get back to work merely four months after giving birth. Nisha was told that her child needed to be breastfed for at least six months. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

His friends said it was a miracle. But for 79-year old US Venkataraman, it was his sheer determination that helped him succeed. Three years ago, Venkataraman was diagnosed with a severe cardiac blockage and was recommended an angioplasty immediately. Without undergoing any treatment, he is hale and hearty today, thanks to his strict diet and regular yoga. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Whereabouts of a health department-issued circular, carrying crucial guidelines for schools on how to prevent the spread of swine flu among the children, remains shrouded in mystery. The circular was issued on July 23, but no one seems to know where it is. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A new laser treatment - Erbium YAG fractional laser- introduced in the skin clinics in the city removes 90% skin scars, claims doctors. Though the treatment is only one-month-old in the city, it has found many takers. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A few schools in Pune and Delhi suspended classes after four students in Pune and six in Delhi were found H1N1 flu positive. But in Bangalore, the situation is not bad enough for school authorities to gear up for swine flu prevention. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

11-year-old Sikha Goyal can now walk straight, literally. Sikha had a rare genetic disorder called mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) which caused a big hump on her lower back. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ASK a seven-year-old why she carries 11 to 15 books to school daily. Her answer will be: "Just in case teachers ask for it." They are too young to realise that carrying heavy bags will lead to degeneration of spine and repetitive stress injury. Sometimes, these bags alter their gait. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Dr Kishore Nayak, a Bangalore-based maxillofacial surgeon, is the first Asian to be elected as the President of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (IAOMS). Maxillofacial surgery involves correction of a wide spectrum of diseases, injuries and defects in the face and jaws. Dr Nayak, who is known to have treated cricketer Anil Kumble a few years ago for an injury that he had sustained during a test match in the West Indies, spoke to Soumita Majumdar about his newly-acquired honour and future plans. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Shiny surfaces keep the H1N1 virus alive for a longer time. Thus contact with surfaces such as polished wood, plastic, stainless steel, etc., should be avoided, Dr Paramesh, director of Lakeside Hospital, said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On Tuesday, swine flu scare shut Google's Madhapur office for two days. One employee was tested positive for swine flu and five more suspected cases were quarantined in city hospitals. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The global average of carbon dioxide emission per person every year is 5.5 tonnes. That apart, industrial emission of CO2, burning of plastic, carbon generated from vehicles etc regularly contribute to the increasing level of carbon dioxide in the air. It was these numbers that motivated Rotary Bangalore South East's initiative Project D-Carb. "The objective is to reduce CO2 emissions at individual, household and organisational levels. Urban India with its enormous consumption power is a significant contributor to CO2 levels in the environment thus dwarfing every initiative of the government and NGOs. With carbon footprints growing larger and denser, there is an urgent need to mitigate emissions everywhere," said Nagesh Sidhanti, President of Rotary Bangalore South East. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Football is his favourite sport. However, unlike his friends, eight-year-old Jean Christnoe Ravina was unable to spend much time on the playground. Reason? Breathlessness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On Monday morning, ESI Hospital, Indiranagar, resembled a battle ground. Broken glass panes were lying strewn around as over 100 members of the Karnataka Mahila Rakshana Vedike protested against the mysterious death of 21-year-old Shanthamma, a garment factory worker, at the hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Relief from the scorching summer heat is shortlived, for it comes with a cost in the form of dengue, malaria, chikungunya, and of course viral fever. As if the swine flu fear plaguing Bangaloreans is not bad enough, they now have to deal with the confusing symptoms of all four diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

While the education and power sectors have benefited from Budget 2009, there has not been any significant announcement made for the health sector, said Vishal Bali, CEO, Wockhardt Hospitals. "Apart from increasing the allocation for the National Rural Health Mission by Rs2,057 crore and raising the ATGG exemption slab, there's nothing very appreciable in the health budget," he said. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Pranab Mukherjee's budget failed to impress the medical fraternity in Bangalore. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The panic that had gripped the employees of Samsung in the aftermath of one of their colleagues testing positive for H1N1 flu, subsided on Saturday. But not before scores of them queued up before hospitals and volunteered to undergo screening for the epidemic. Thirteen Samsung employees queued up before Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD) for screening on Saturday. The 29-year-old Samsung employee had tested positive on Thursday and at least 90 OF his colleagues had assembled at RGICD for screening on Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

With cases of swine flu being reported every other day in the city, the demand for protective masks has been growing at the health counter of Bengaluru International Airport (BIA). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

How much is the consultation fee of a doctor based in Bangalore. Hold on. Not at government hospitals, but at their private clinics or in corporate hospitals. It may vary from Rs100 -500 or more, right? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There were no complications during her pregnancy. Scan reports revealed that the baby was healthy. But hours after 24-year-old Kaushalya K gave birth to her second daughter, it soon turned out that the baby was born with a single kidney and that too with complications. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Sometime back, the 23-year-old son of V Umesh, secretary of medical education, was tested positive for H1N1 flu. The young man, who had flew down from the US, was, however, admitted to Sagar Hospital, a private hospital and not the government-run Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Not all was well on June 10 for Manoj Gokhale, a 33-year-old engineer working with GE. He was dropped off near his house at 4.30 pm that day, when Manoj suddenly fell unconsciousness. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Playing with kittens proved dangerous for two-and-a-half-year old Darshan, who was almost on the verge of losing his vision after his pet cat scratched his right eyeball. Under treatment now, the child is recovering slowly. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

When 14-year-old Abigail Kanyonyozi came to Bangalore from Uganda, she was in a critical condition, with little hope of surviving. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

"We can't blame doctors, we blame the officers at the helm of affairs; all these years, they have remained inert. We will not allow them to sleep over files any longer, " observed the Lok Adalat, headed by Justice KL Manjunath, ordering the closure of 9 government hospitals in the city.  [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

There is panic all round over a spurt in swine flu cases, but Bangalore does not have a helpline worth its name to allay unwarranted fears among the public on the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The number of confirmed swine flu cases in the city is on a rise, albeit slowly, but it sure is time to take all possible precautions to prevent an epidemic here. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Bangalore's Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases (RGICD), which is monitoring all swine flu cases in the city, has been put on high alert after four fresh suspected cases of H1N1 were reported on Monday. While one of them is a crew member of the Bangalore-bound Air France flight that had two confirmed cases, the other three people landed in the city from Cuba and London. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AFTER the recent raising of the swine flu alert to stage six by the World Health Organisation -warning that a pandemic is at a stage where a community-level outbreak is likely, for the first time in 40 years - the international operations of all airlines and the BIAL have geared up to face the virus. The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has put its entire staff and all airlines on alert, especially at the international section. Airlines have been following the guidelines issued by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The city's blood banks aren't dry, but they sure are facing a shortage of RH(-ve) blood. Experts said that with only three to four per cent of the population having RH(-ve) blood, this shortage is likely to prevail until doctors insist on using blood components rather than the whole blood. "Around 97% of the population has RH(+ve) blood. So stocks of RH(-ve) blood is always less in blood banks. We have a database of blood donors whom we contact during emergencies," said Dr C Shivaram, chief transfusion medical officer, Manipal Hospital. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]