In a shocking incident, blood and throat swab samples of 22 persons, collected for swine flu test, were spoiled. The samples were collected on September 14 and 15 at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Nagpur and were sent too National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune on September 15, but it did not reach NIV from Pune airport, clamed Dr. Dipti Dongaonkar, Dean, GMCH. She further said that the samples are to be checked within 24 hours otherwise those get spoiled. But, the samples remained at Pune airport for over 24 hours due to which all samples were spoiled. Meanwhile, samples of two patients who died on September 16, were also among the 22 spoiled samples. On Saturday, five persons were tested positive, taking the number to 53 in the city. An 11-year-old boy, admitted the same day, also tested positive.
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