Hyderabad: Alarm as swine flu comes to town

Hyderabad: A 55-year-old man from Mahboobnagar has contracted swine flu and was rushed to Gandhi Hospital for treatment.

Doctors at Gandhi Hospital said that the patient does not have any other co-morbid conditions and is undergoing treatment.

Superintendent of Gandhi Hospital, Dr Shravan Kumar explained, “As the temperatures have come down the virus is active again and is affecting those whose immune systems are low. The patient is under observation and requires complete rest and isolation.”

District officials of Mahboobnagar have been alerted.