Swine flu is just like any other viral illness which we get catch with changing season also known as Viral Flu or commonly flu. Simple personal protection like wearing barrier masks, proper hand washing, avoidance of close physical contact with anyone suffering from flu, abstinence from alcohol can help one in not contacting the disease. Those who have died have shown symptoms and signs of Severe life threatening viral infections and most of them have compromised immunity (Mexico and US).Simple preventive measures can help one be safe from contacting diseases. Panic will just aggravate the whole thing un-necessarily. Here is the list of helpline numbers in India: All India toll free H1N1 helpline: 1075 or 1800-11-4377 Delhi: Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital: 011-24525211, 23404328, 23365525 , Deen Dayal Hospital: 011-2512 5259 Chennai: Communicable Diseases Hospital - 044-25912686., Coimbatore Medical College Hospital - 09442012555 Kolkata: Infectious Diseases Hospital: 09433392182/ 09434009077 Hyderabad: AP Chest Diseases Hospital: 040-23814939 Mumbai: Kasturba Hospital: 022-23083901, 23083902, 23083903, 23083904 Pune: Dr Naidu Infectious Disease Hospital - 09923130909 Bangalore: Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases - 91-80-26632634 , Lakeside Hospital - 80-5360823
