The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) Health division on Wednesday issued a warning letter to Nobel Hospital, Hadapsar for delaying reporting a Zika Virus case on the hospital. Samples of a 47-year-old feminine present process remedy on the hospital had examined optimistic for Zika virus on June 1. However, the hospital knowledgeable the civic physique three weeks after the case was reported, the officers mentioned.
As per PMC officers, the girl complained of signs like fever, joint ache, and headache. She was admitted to the hospital on May 31. Later her samples have been despatched for Tropical Fever Profile Test to a private laboratory. The private lab reviews detected Zika virus and dengue virus in her blood serum on June 1. However, the hospital knowledgeable PMC concerning the case on June 22.
Dr Kalpana Baliwant, well being officer of PMC, mentioned, “We have given a letter to Nobel Hospital and warned them to avoid such mistakes in future. The hospital is asked to inform PMC on priority if any patient is detected with any notifiable diseases or Zika virus infection. Delay in informing the PMC eventually leads to delay in surveillance and containment activities to prevent the spread of the diseases.”
After the hospital knowledgeable the PMC concerning the Zika virus case the civic physique began surveillance in the Mundhwa space. PMC despatched samples of 13 folks together with the 47-year-old lady and her three members of the family and other people dwelling in the neighborhood to the National Institute of Virology (NIV) for testing of Zika an infection. The samples of the 22-year-old son of the girl on Friday examined optimistic for Zika an infection.
Dr H Okay Sale, government director, Noble Hospital, mentioned, “The PMC has written a letter to us and per their directions, any case found in future will be informed to the civic body on priority. We regularly report notifiable diseases to the civic body as a priority. However, the case was reported immediately by us to PMC as a dengue-positive case. Zika virus is not in notifiable disease due to which the laboratory might have not informed the PMC.”