The country, from North to South, is in the throes of swine flu. Cases are being reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh, states that have had no previous history of swine flu. The health ministry is not incorrect in submitting that besides swine flu, other kinds of illnesses too need ventilators, hence the perennial shortage. Private hospitals are much better equipped to handle virus cases and there is no reason why they should not be pressed into service. But swine flu, dangerously, also has international implications in these days of globalisation.

Source: dna February 06, 2019 01:30 UTC