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We have been conducting workshops with private doctors and have been appealing them to initiate treatment of swine flu as early as possible.”“This year we got 1,001 people either suffering from swine flu or having swine flu like symptoms at the civil hospital. The doctors found 52 patients having swine flu like symptoms and one positive case. Out of the 25 deaths in the division, two were in Ahmednagar, 17 in NMC limits and six at the civil hospital. Nashik: With the number of swine flu cases increasing in the district and more people getting admitted at the Nashik civil hospital, the hospital authorities have increased the capacity of its isolation ward for swine flu patients to 25.The swine flu ward which was opened in the last week of August with a capacity of 19 beds has been equipped with additional machinery and beds.Civil surgeon Suresh Jagdale said, “The flow of patients is on the rise over the past few days. So, we have added six beds to the ward recently..