Updated On: 28 August, 2015 11:03 AM IST | | Sadaguru Pandit
<p>Lacking gear as basic as masks, experts say drivers and cleaners of ambulances used to transfer patients between hospitals may catch infections; at least 2,598 people have tested positive for swine flu in the city so far and 43 have died</p>

With at least 2,598 people having tested positive for swine flu in the city this year and over 43 deaths taking place, the lack of safety measures taken by tertiary care hospitals (which providing specialised treatment and specialists) to protect health workers is worrying.

The ambulances in question are used largely to ferry patients between the four BMC-run tertiary care hospitals. Picture for representation