17 August 2009,
AHMEDABAD: Uneasy calm prevailed at the premier B-School Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), campus on Monday following one of the girl students testing positive for swine flu. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) official held a meeting with senior faculty members of the institute including its director and asked them to take necessary steps to stop the further spread of the diseases in the campus. AMC authorities have kept the eight other girls, who were sharing the dormitory at the IIM-A hostel with the ailing girl, under observation. In case anyone of them shows any symptom of swine flu, they will be referred to testing centre at VS Hospital here, AMC Medical Officer S P Kulkarni said. "In the meeting with the IIM-A director Dr Samir Baura we have explained the precautions to be taken in the wake of the incident, Kulkarni said. An AMC doctor said "posters giving information on swine flu have been distributed to IIM-A officials and they have been asked to create awareness among student." Meanwhile, entry at the institute has been restricted and only students and visitors who had prior appointment are allowed to get in. Some students were seen wearing masks inside the campus.
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