Two more suspected cases of swine flu have been reported from tricity. A 20-year-old girl, who recently returned from Bangkok, has been kept in an isolated ward in PGIMER. The Panchkula resident studies in Pune. Another girl, a six-year-old from Mohali, has been admitted in GMCH-32.

Also, 18 members of two families have been quarantined. Both the families had gone to Delhi recently.

Special screening centres

To handle the increasing number of suspected cases, two special screening centres have been set up at GMCH-32 and PGIMER. A similar centre will be set up at GMSH-16 on Thursday.

At PGIMER, screening is being done at the emergency OPD, new OPD and Paediatrics OPD. At GMCH-32, it is being done in the D block. Nearly 105 patients were screened on Wednesday.

A PGIMER spokesperson said testing facility at the hospital would start as soon as the permission is given.

Isolation wards

In the Communicable Disease ward, PGIMER can accommodate 10 patients. At present, six patients are admitted in the ward. Additional area has been identified in case the number of patients increases.

Test results are getting delayed as more samples are being sent to Delhi and Pune. “Normally, the test results come within 24 hours, but now they are taking 48 to 72 hours,” a doctor at GMSH-16 said.

The GMCH-32 can accommodate 10 patients in the isolation ward — one patient is admitted. “The hospital is ready for 100 patients. A building is ready with us. It can be converted into isolation ward,” director of GMCH-32 Raj Bahadur said.

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