Suspected SARS patient hospitalised  Nashik, Apr 22 (UNI) A computer engineer employed with a Bangalore-based firm has been hospitalised here with suspected symptoms of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).Girish Kishanchand (23) resident at Motwani Road here was admitted in the Nashik Civil Hospital last night, civil surgeon Dr M D Patil told UNI today. Kishanchand has been staying here for the last two months and was to return to Bangalore soon. He was suffering from cold and fever for the last two to three days and was initially admitted in the Jairam Hospital here. The doctors suspected that he had symptoms of SARS and intimated the civil surgeon. He was then shifted to the civil hospital. The civil surgeon Dr Patil assisted by Dr Ramesh Korgaonkar have diagnosed symptoms of pneumonia. He has been put through an X-ray and blood samples would be sent today to the National Institute of Virology, Pune. The blood test results should come in after 48 hours, Dr Patil said. The patient had sound sleep last night, he added. The civil hospital and other hospitals have received a notice from the health department directing them to be prepared to admit SARS cases and take all precautions to protect other patients undergoing treatment for a variety of ailments. All the staff in hospitals have been advised to don masks as a precaution. |