Bangalore, Aug 8 - With 10 more swine flu cases reported in Bangalore in the last 24 hours, the Karnataka government has roped in the services of 11 private hospitals to tackle the spread of the influenza A (H1N1) virus.

The decision to utilise the services of private hospitals was taken at a meeting of health department and private hospital officials late Friday.

The medical institutions roped in to tackle swine flu are Mallya Hospital, Manipal Hospital, St Martha's Hospital, Mallige Medical Centre, St John's Medical College and Hospital, Ambedkar Hospital, Vydehi Hospital, City Hospital Rajajinagar, M.S. Ramaiah Medical College and Hospital, Pristine Hospital, and Mahabodhi Mallige hospital.

'For emergency purposes, each hospital will be given 100 tablets of Tamiflu. All the selected hospitals have agreed to make 10 beds available exclusively to treat patients with H1N1 flu,' T.S. Cheluvaraj, joint director (communicable diseases), said in a statement.