Panaji, July 31 - Even as the number of swine flu cases in Goa reached six, the state health department's mechanism to combat swine flu was thrown into turmoil Friday after the nodal officer for swine flu Rajendra Tamba declared he had 'no funds to carry out any activity related to swine flu'.

In an official press note issued by the department of information and publicity Friday, Tamba from the directorate of health services (DHS) blamed the apathy of the state government for his inability to attend to any more swine flu cases.

'This is the last daily bulletin from Tamba. He has appealed to the people of Goa not to contact him for any information or enquiry about swine flu, since he has no funds to carry out any activity related to swine flu,' the official press release signed by Tamba July 31 says.

The release accompanies the daily status report bulletin on H1N1 influenza issued to media houses by the state department of information and publicity every day.

'The expenses so far were made from funds under the Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) received from the government of India, which are now exhausted... No money has been received from the state government despite repeated requests. The amount asked for was Rs.