'We are well prepared. There was not much problem for us,' RML medical superintendent N.K. Chaturvedi told IANS.

The hospital has been chosen by the central government to be a tertiary care centre for management of suspected swine flu cases. The hospital has started separate screening and counselling centres for visitors.

On Wednesday, nearly 1,000 people visited Pune's Naidu Hospital leading to chaos at the screening centre. Scuffle broke out as voluntary patients jostled to get themselves tested first. The Maharashtra city has reported Country's first swine flu death on Monday when Reeda Shaikh succumbed to influenza A (H1N1).