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AIIMS, RML advise Delhiities against panic over current viral fever, say it's painful, but not fatal

New Delhi, Sep 1(UNI) The All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS) and the RML Hospital today advised Delhiites not to panic over the attack of a viral which was causing severe and prolonged fever and joint pains, but was not so dangerous as its symptoms might suggest. "This fever might be crippling but it was not fatal,’’ said AIIMS spokesperson Dr Amit Gupta and Dr Nutan Taneja and Dr V K Mahajan of the RML. Though experts of the two hospitals said the virus had not been identified, they held that the usual virus like that of influenza might have mutated but it was not deadly. In fact, the AIIMS has written to the Delhi Government for transferring its patients suffering from the fever caused by this possibly mutated virus to its over a dozen hospitals which come under the catchment area of the Institute. "After we determine that the patients were not suffering from either Chikungunya or Dengue, we do not think that there is any need to keep them here. They might get the treatment for this "unidentified virus’’ at any other government hospital as well,’’ AIIMS Spokesperson Dr Amit Gupta told UNI. Chickungunya and "mystery’’ fever caused by the ''mutated'' virus has struck the capital with a vengeance while Dengue has relented this year . "Chikungunya like fever is not fatal as dengue, but of course it entails complications and severe pains in joints,’’ says Medical Superintendent of RML Hospital Gadpayle. He ascribed the increase in Chikungunya cases and also brain fever, which were earlier confined to the eastern part of the country, to the good amount of rains this year, a migrating population in the capital and unhygienic conditions caused by the pressure on urban infrastructure . However, dengue this time is very mild. There are three forms of Dengue—Den F, Den HF and Den SS, and of these last two are lethal while the first one is manageable and it is luckily this one Den F which is most prevalent this time, Dr AK Gadpayle and Dr Gupta said. The reason that the virus causing the crippling fever of this season was proving elusive might be the fact it was evading the detecting techniques which were developed for the existing virus, said Dr Gupta. "The influenza virus might itself have undergone a change,’’ he said. He said the AIIMS had earmarked two beds in every ward for patients of these fevers and so a total of 44 beds were available, out of which 39 beds were occupied. "We are fully prepared and equipped to meet any patient rush due to the spell of viral attack,’’ Dr Gupta said. Special blood collection points had been set up for patients of this fever and capacity of labs had been augmented with both equipment and technicians. The RML was admitting 150 to 160 fever patients a day. However, one thing that has come to light during the present crisis was the sheer lack of staff in government hospitals like RML etc. Hospital authorities are finding it an uphill task to cater to the growing Delhi population and increasing incidence of diseases with such a meagre staff. "We badly need more staff, especially technicians as their job cannot be done by any substitute from any other department,’’ said a hospital official. UNI NAZ-RBE PS RSA 1741
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