Treating dengue or swine flu patients at your private practice in Maharashtra? You must notify the cases of such patients to the Department of Public Health, the latest notification from Government of Maharashtra dictates. Our country has seen epidemic outbreaks of dengue and swine flu in the last few years, like never before. Most of these cases are treated and patients are sent home with the due treatment.
However, the Government of Maharashtra issued a notification in the official gazette declaring dengue and swine flu as notifiable diseases. Dengue and swine flu have shown considerable morbidity and mortality in the state which compelled the authorities to clearly mention them under the Act. The notification issued this month is an amendment to the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897. For the first time, the Government of Maharashtra has specified these infectious diseases and laid the…
