'Training focussed on how to handle critical A (H1N1) patients in intensive care units (ICU),' she added.

State Health and Family Welfare department is planning to conduct more such training programmes for doctors, currently treating swine flu patients.

Meanwhile, 19 more people tested positive for H1N1 virus infection Thursday, taking the number of confirmed cases in the state to 536. All 19 cases were in Bangalore.