Summary:
She submitted to the court that the government is considering making swine flu treatment free in private hospitals. The Gujarat High Court on Friday directed the state government to submit an affidavit with regard to its proposal to make treatment of swine flu in private hospitals free. The government also submitted the status on staff shortage in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, which has registered the maximum number of swine flu cases in the state. Notably, government pleader Manisha Shah on Friday submitted about a list of measures which have been already taken or are under consideration for tackling the rising number of swine flu cases. The state also submitted that all district hospitals have isolation ward and there are infrastructure and systems in place to ensure that samples taken from suspected swine flu patients are tested within 24 hours..