Gujarat: H1N1 Pandemic 2009-2010; 486 confirmed fatalities

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* Swine flu toll rises to 38 in Gujarat

STAFF WRITER 21:31 HRS IST

Ahmedabad, Oct 14 (PTI) Two senior citizens today succumbed to swine flu here, taking the death toll from the disease in the state to 38, health officials said.

Manilal Parmar (65) and Bharat Shah (59) died of HIN1 virus today at civil hospital here, they said.

Both were tested positive for the swine flu and admitted in the civil hospital, officials said.

Meanwhile, two more persons were tested positive for swine flu here, taking the total positive cases in the state to 252, they said.

[Ronan Kelly]

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Suspected swine flu death in city
TNN 15 October 2009, 10:13pm IST

RAJKOT: A vagabond who lived on the city streets died of suspected swine flu at the civil hospital here on Wednesday. Reports confirming the death
due to the virus are awaited.

According to sources in civil hospital, Mansukh Devipujak, 25, lived on a footpath near Shastri Maidan and had been suffering of many ailments for past few days. He was brought to the civil hospital on Wednesday evening, where doctors sent him to the isolation ward as he had severe cough and cold and breathing problems.

Devipujak's sample were sent to Ahmedbad for testing. However, he died on Wednesday night after four hours of treatment.

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Woman dies of swine flu; toll mounts to 39 in Guj
STAFF WRITER 18:52 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Oct 18 (PTI) A 22-year-old woman died of swine flu in Surat today taking the number of fatalities due to the disease to 39 in the state.

Ragini Arun Singh, who was tested positive for swine flu earlier, died at a municipal-run hospital in Surat, officials of the Health Department said.

A total 252 confirmed cases of H1N1 infection have been reported from the state so far, the officials said.

Of the 39 deaths, over 20 were reported from Surat alone

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Swine flu: Pregnant woman dies, toll in Guj rises to 40
STAFF WRITER 22:42 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Oct 28 (PTI) A 23-year-old pregnant woman died of swine flu here today, taking the death toll due to the disease in Gujarat to 40, health officials said.

Dipika Soni was admitted in the civic body run V S Hospital on October 25 and subsequently tested positive for swine flu, they said.

According to the officials, the woman was put on ventilator this evening after her condition deteriorated. She later succumbed to the viral infection

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India: Ahmedabad confirms pregnant woman's death, 40th in state

AHMEDABAD: Swine flu claimed the life of a 23-year-old pregnant woman from Udaipur. Till date 40 people have died because of swine flu in the state. Deepika Soni belonged to Brahmpol area in Nachighat chowk of Udaipur and was seven months pregnant. For the last one week she was admitted to the government-run Udaipur general hospital. As her condition deteriorated, doctors advised her family members to take her to Ahmedabad. She was brought to VS Hospital on Sunday with acute respiratory distress and septicaemia. Soni was directly put on ventilator at VS Hospital, but owning to low immunity levels, mostly because of her pregnancy, she succumbed to the disease.

Nearly 14 people who came in contact with Soni in the recent days are being administered Tamiflu. A senior health official of the hospital told TOI that four relatives attending to Soni were administered the tablets while the Rajasthan health officials were asked to take similar steps for rest of the relatives who had come in touch with Soni.

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Suspected Swine flu patient dies in Vadodara

STAFF WRITER 22:21 HRS IST
Vadodara, Oct 29 (PTI) A 56-year-old patient suspected to be suffering from swine flue, died in the isolation ward of SSG hospital here soon after his admission into the hospital today, official sources said.

The official sources of SSG hospital told PTI that the deceased was kept on ventilator and his blood samples have been sent for laboratory tests to Ahmedabad, the reports of which are awaited.

The deceased hailed from Santrampur town of neighbouring Panchmahal district, they said.

Meanwhile, two out of five patients admitted in the SSG hospital have tested positive for deadly H1N1 virus, they said.

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Suspected H1N1 patient succumbs to death
TNN 29 October 2009, 10:55pm IST

VADODARA: A suspected H1N1 patient died at SSG Hospital on Thursday, while four more suspected H1N1 patients were admitted to the hospital on
Thursday. Five patients were home quarantined post-examination.

A 75-year-old resident of Santrampur, who was admitted on Wednesday night in the isolation ward, died on Thursday evening. He was later cremated at Khaswadi crematorium with necessary precautions, while samples were sent for testing.

Three new suspected swine flu cases were admitted at Medical Nursing Home with total tally at the ward now reaching to five, including two previous cases of a NRI duo. In all, nine patients visited screening ward at SSG.

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Vadodara: A suspected H1N1 patient admitted at SSG hospital (SSG) on Saturday has been tested positive for the virus. The 30-year-old patient was
admitted in a critical condition with complaints of cold, cough and respiratory problem.

The resident from Sama was admitted at Medical Nursing Home (MNH) with flu like symptoms. He had also developed acute respiratory distress syndrome. The hospital had sent his samples for testing and as per medical reports that arrived on Sunday, the patient tested positive for H1N1 virus.

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Two die of swine flu in Gujarat, toll touches 42
STAFF WRITER 1:5 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Nov 9 (PTI) Two women, who had tested positive for swine flu, died in Gujarat today taking the death toll due to the H1N1 infection in the state to 42, health officials said.

Hemlata Rajvat (40), hailing from Gandhigham in Kutch district, died at the civil hospital here, they said. She was admitted to the hospital on November 7.

Another woman -- Bhanuben Pariya (30) -- from Sirohi district of Rajasthan, who was admitted to V S Hospital here, succumbed to the disease earlier in the day.

According to health officials, four more people have tested positive for swine flu in the state, taking the total number of people infected with the swine flu virus to 292, out of which 42 have died.

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H1N1 claims 30-year-old Rajasthan woman
TNN 10 November 2009, 06:23am IST
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AHMEDABAD: Bhanu Pariya, 30, a resident of Lunapur village in Sirohi district of Rajasthan died at VS Hospital on Monday after testing positive for
swine flu. She had been brought to the hospital on Sunday.

"She started complaining of fever on November 5 and was admitted to the general hospital at Sirohi. After her condition worsened, she was brought to VS Hospital for better treatment. As soon as she was brought here, she was given Tamiflu and put on the ventilator as her condition deteriorated," said a health department official.

Authorities are seeing a growing number of cases from Rasthan that are being referred to Ahmedabad in the last few days. "It is putting a lot of people at risk because these H1N1 patients travel in public transport for at least four to six hours. Not just the patients, but their family members who become prone to the virus, never take the warnings given by doctors seriously. Also, there is no follow-up possible with these families," a doctor in VS Hospital said.

On Monday, after Pariya died, the family insisted on taking the dead body back to their village in Rajasthan. However, doctors stopped them until it was confirmed that she had died of swine flu. After the test results came, the cremation was performed in the city.

Three other persons also tested positive for swine flu on Monday, taking the total positive cases in Gujarat to 297. These included a 37-year-old man at Wockhardt hospital in Rajkot, a 22-year-old woman in SSG Hospital in Vadodara and a 60-year old woman at GG Civil Hospital in Jamnagar.

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Two more women succumb to H1N1 in state
TNN 11 November 2009, 07:44am IST


RAJKOT/GANDHIDHAM: Two more persons succumbed to the H1N1 pandemic in Saurashtra-Kutch region in the past 24 hours. With these deaths, the toll has
risen to 43 in the state.

On Monday, reports of samples of two persons sent to Rajkot tested positive for the flu. These include a 37-year-old man under treatment at Wockhardt Hospital in Rajkot and a 60-year-old woman at GG Civil Hospital in Jamnagar.
Resident medical officer of Rajkot Civil Hospital, G Mackwana, confirmed the death of a patient in the hospital at 3 am on Tuesday. A source in the hospital identified the deceased as Manu Gohel, 45, a resident of Slumquarters in Rajkot. "This is the fourth death in Rajkot. Presently, there are five patients at the civil hospital under treatment for swine flu," Mackwana said.

A 40-year-old woman, living in railway colony of Gandhidham, died of the diseases at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital on Monday night. Hemlata Rajvansh, 40, was first admitted on November 2 to a private hospital in Gandhidham with flu symptoms. As there was no improvement in her condition, she was shifted to Rajasthan Hospital in Ahmedabad and later to the civil hospital. Her condition had worsened on Saturday and she had to put on ventilator, a hospital source said.

Epidemic officer of Kutch district health department B L Dabhi said, "About 57 person, who had come in contact with the deceased have been identified and been put on Tamiflu medication."

A source said Hemlata had recently entertained guests from a village in Rajasthan at her house. Officials suspect that she might have caught the virus from them. This is the second death in Kutch district.

(Inputs by Sandesh)

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H1N1 claims fourth life in city
TNN 12 November 2009, 09:54pm IST

VADODARA: A 30-year-old male software engineer from the city succumbed to swine flu on Thursday. This is fourth swine flu death in the city. Kamala
Kannan, who lived in Sama-Savli locality was admitted to SSG hospital on November 6 with flu like symptoms and respiratory problems. His samples tested positive for H1N1 and was kept on ventilator. Kannan's condition remained critical and he died at 10.20 am on Thursday.

Kannan had earlier visited several private clinics and was referred by a private practitioner to SSG. He was admitted at isolation ward complaining of cold, cough and respiratory problem. As per hospital authorities, he had developed acute respiratory distress syndrome and his conditions remained critical despite medication.

He died in the morning and was cremated at Khaswadi crematorium. As per Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) health officials, Kannan had visited Chennai sometime ago for professional reasons.

"Kannan may have contracted this virus during his visit outside the city. No foreign contact has been ascertained. We will urge people to visit SSG first so that the virus can be detected early. As a precautionary measure, they should home quarantine themselves in case they have flu like symptoms," said VMC health officer Dr Dilip Asari.

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H1N1 death in Rajkot, state toll rises to 44
TNN 14 November 2009, 09:40pm IST


RAJKOT: A 25-year-old woman succumbed to H1N1 virus in the city on Saturday. According to deputy resident medical officer of Rajkot Civil Hospital
JG Bhamaniya, "The woman died in the afternoon. A resident of Tankara taluka of Rajkot district, she was admitted to on October 30." He refused to divulge the identity of the patient.

This is the fifth death because of swine flu in the city and 44th in the state.

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One more swine flu death in Gujarat
STAFF WRITER 17:59 HRS IST
Rajkot, Nov 15 (PTI) Swine flu claimed one more life here when a 26-year-old woman admitted to a hospital here died last night taking the death toll in Gujarat to 45, Hospital sources said today.

Kanaben Damor, a native of Khijadiya town of the district, was admitted to the Pandit Din Dayal Upadhyay civil hospital on October 30 and was tested positive for H1N1 virus, the sources said.

Kanaben, however, did not respond well to treatment and her condition deteriorated day by day, they said, adding she was on ventilator for the last three days.

Her family members have been alerted and directed to consult doctors if they come across any symptoms of the virus.

Kanaben's death was second in a week. Another woman died at the hospital three days back due to the virus.

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Swine flu claims one more in Gujarat; toll rises to 46
STAFF WRITER 21:36 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Nov 18 (PTI) A woman today succumbed to swine flu here, taking the death toll due to the disease to 46 in Gujarat, health officials said.

The deceased, identified as 29-year-old Dharmisthaben Rathod, died at the civil hospital here, they said.

A total of 302 positive cases

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