Over 100 swine flu cases in Lucknow

LUCKNOW: Fourteen more persons have been tested positive for swine flu, taking the total figure of those infected by the disease to 102 in the state capital, a health department official said here today.

"With this, a total of 102 swine flu patients have been found in Lucknow so far. They are being treated in different hospitals of the city", Chief Medical Officer (CMO), SNS Yadav said.

Altogether, three persons including Swatantra Saksena, working in Merchant Navy; a retired Army officer and the wife of a retired jawan succumbed to the virus in Lucknow.

With sharp rise in cases of swine flu in the state capital, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has directed to provide free and prompt treatment to such patients in SGPGI, KGMU and other medical colleges of the state.

The CM has also directed that availability of medicines should be ensured in government hospitals.

Meanwhile, Shahjahanpur District Magistrate Shubhra Saxena has also tested positive for swine flu and was yesterday admitted to a private hospital in Bareilly, Pramanshu Kumar,Bareilly Commissioner, said