Tamil Nadu, influenza 2017: 38 fatalities

[Ronan Kelly]

Two more swine flu deaths reported in Coimbatore
By PTI | Published: 07th February 2017 02:56 PM |
Last Updated: 07th February 2017 02:56 PM | A+A A- |

COIMBATORE: Two new swine flu deaths were reported in the government hospital here, bringing the flu-related toll to six so far, even as 15 persons are taking treatment in the hospital. Palanisamy (58), hailing from Karamadai near here, was admitted with the symptoms of Swine flu on January 27 and died without responding to treatment last evening, hospital sources said.

Similarly, a 32-year-old woman, Sathyavani who was admitted on February 4 died last night, taking the toll to six, they said. A one-year old boy from Salem district had died in a private hospital here, a week ago.
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http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/feb/07/two-more-swine-flu-deaths-reported-in-coimbatore-1567993.html

I think this brings our total to 9 confirmed (posts 1,5 & 7 and the 6 from Coimbatore) There also seems to be several suspected fatalities. - Ro

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A man and his wife die of swine flu in Coimbatore; total deaths now 12 in last fortnight

COIMBATORE: With a milk vendor and his wife succumbing to swine flu , the total number of deaths due to the disease has risen to 12 in and around the city in the last 15 days.Dhandapani, a resident of a village in Madukkarai on the city outskrits, was suffering from high fever for the last one week and was being treated at a local hospital. As he tested H1N1 positive, he was taken to the Government Hospital here, but died on the way on February 10, hospital sources said.His wife Mallika (48) also developed the symptoms and was being treated at Madukkarai hospital . She was taken to the Government Hospital and died late last night, they said.With this, the total number of deaths due to swine flu has risen to 12 in the last 15 days.The couple's son Santhanakrishnan (27) and daughter Marakatham (22) have also been admitted to the Government hospital with swine flu symptoms, hospital sources said..

The couple's son Santhanakrishnan (27) and daughter Marakatham (22) have also been admitted to the Government hospital with swine flu symptoms, With a milk vendor and his wife succumbing to swine flu , the total number of deaths due to the disease has risen to 12 in and around the city in the last 15 days.

https://www.nyoooz.com/news/coimbatore/733498/couple-dies-of-swine-flu-in-coimbatore-total-deaths-now-12-in-last-fortnight

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4-year-old boy dies of H1N1 influenza

A four-year-old boy died of H1N1 influenza at the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College Hospital here on Monday.
The deceased, Hari Krishnan of Cuddalore, had been admitted to the hospital a day earlier with high fever, throat pain, lung infection and respiratory difficulties. Prior to being admitted at the government hospital, he was said to have received treatment at a private hospital for a few days.
With Hari Krishnan?s death, the total number of patients who have succumbed to the virus at the government hospital over the past two weeks has risen to eight. The victims hailed from Tiruchi, Pudukkottai and Perambalur districts.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/4-year-old-boy-dies-of-H1N1-influenza/article17299665.ece

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H1N1 virus more virulent this year, severely affects people aged over 40

COIMBATORE: Even as the health department continues to downplay the deaths due to the H1N1 virus, officials admitted that the seasonal flu has been more virulent this year. Dr K Kolandaisamy, director of public health, said the virus is affecting patients above the age of 40 more severely than last year. Many of these patients, after getting infected, have been contracting pneumonia, as a result of which they condition rapidly deteriorates.


"The H1N1 virus, like all other viruses, has its strains changing or mutating every year," said Dr Kolandaisamy. "This year, people above the age of 40 have been badly affected," he said. This comes after reports that the disease, which starts off as a sore throat and fever in patients, progresses to severe pneumonia in hardly three days even in patients who do not suffer from other complications. "However, the good news is that it is not affecting pregnant women too severely, unlike in 2009-10 when many women in Kerala died," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/h1n1-virus-more-virulent-this-year-severely-affects-people-aged-over-40/articleshow/57145833.cms

[tetano]

One more person dies of swine flu in Tiruchi

One more person died of swine flu at the K.A.P. Government Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Mohamed Salim (49) of Manalmedu, in Pudukottai district, was admitted to the hospital on Monday with severe respiratory complaints, fever, throat pain and fatigue. He tested positive for H1N1 influenza, hospital sources said. Though he was put on life support systems, he did not respond to the treatment.
With this, the total number of persons who have died of H1N1 in Tiruchi has risen to nine in the last one month.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/One-more-person-dies-of-swine-flu-in-Tiruchi/article17303724.ece

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu spreads rapidly female municipal employee killed in Thiruvannamalai .. panic ..
Swine flu is spreading rapidly in the state.
A female employee of the municipality tiruvannamalaiyaic the disease died.
By: Amudhavalli Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2017, 11:21 [IST]

Tiruvannamalai, an employee of the municipality girl died of swine flu. Suddenly saw the lives of people by the fear of succumbing to swine flu. Premlata etappalaiyam villager. He has 10 days following the fever. Tiruvannamalai Premlata subjected to severe Awadhi admitted to a private hospital. Later, he was admitted to hospital treatment over the JIPMER Pondicherry. Premlata died undergoing treatment there. Doctors who examined him confirmed that he had swine flu. Swine flu spread All members of a family in a similar file was infected with swine flu. Kai was burdened by the mother, father and their son and daughter both died of the swine flu pandemic evolved. They are being given serious treatment. Sacrifices will continue Palaiyattai maccakavuntan near Coimbatore in Madhukarai tantapaniyum his wife Mallika has been hit by swine flu, were undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Coimbatore. Without benefit of intensive treatment, after they were killed two days earlier. Awadhi Cantanakirusnan their son and daughter who died of swine flu infected emerald. They were undergoing treatment at the government hospital in Coimbatore. Fear Government Medical College and Hospital in Coimbatore We are currently receiving treatment for 5 people infected with swine flu. They were undergoing intensive treatment. Warning Mucus may be too high, difficulty in breathing, a series of symptoms, including fever, the health sector has to go to the hospital immediately. However, many people are being killed by the fear.

Read more at: http://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamil...ai-274140.html

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Two persons die of A(H1N1) in Coimbatore

Two persons died of A (H1N1) influenza at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Friday night. CMCH authorities said that the patients were suffering from other illnesses when they were brought to the hospital. They said that pneumonitis, inflammation of lung tissue, was the cause of death in both cases.
In the first case, a 36-year-old woman from Ramanathapuram died soon after her admission at CMCH on Friday. The woman, who also had symptoms of A (H1N1) influenza, was declared dead hours after her admission.

In the second case, a 54-year-old man from Sowripalayam died at CMCH due to pneumonitis. Relatives of the deceased created tension at CMCH alleging that hospital authorities had diagnosed the man with cardiac ailments at the time of admission and later termed pneumonitis as reason for death. Though a new case of A (H1N1) influenza was reported at CMCH, authorities refused to give exact number of patients treated.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-persons-die-of-ah1n1-in-coimbatore/article17326427.ece

[Ronan Kelly]

Oink! spurt in tamil nadu?s swine flu deaths
By Express News Service | Published: 18th February 2017 10:30 PM |
Last Updated: 19th February 2017 07:56 AM | A+A A- |

COIMBATORE: One more H1N1 death was reported from Nachipalayam near Eachanari here earlier this week. A daily wage labourer, D Mallika, 48, died in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH). Her husband and daily wage labourer, M Dhandapani, 58, had died of the H1N1 virus lst week.


The couple had fever and cough and received treatment in a private hospital. As their condition deteriorated, they were shifted to CMCH. Dhandapani died while being brought to the hospital.
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http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/2017/feb/18/oink-spurt-in-tamil-nadus-swine-flu-deaths-1572134.html

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu kills woman in Tuticorin
Registration: Feb 18, 2017 20:45
The victim died of swine flu in Thoothukudi. The incident has caused a stir.

Swine flu kills woman in Tuticorin
Tuticorin:

In Thoothukudi district, 20 people suffering from various regions of dengue fever, have been admitted to the government hospital in Tuticorin. Last few days ago, a woman from Tuticorin canmukapurattai, a man from the city Thalamutthu died of a mysterious fever.

In this case, in a private hospital in tukkuti Messenger affected by mysterious fever, from the town of Santosh muttaiyapuram happy wife Prema (age 60) was being treated.

If he continues to come from the flu, and his blood samples were sent for examination to Chennai. When blood samples are analyzed in Chennai, the woman in the hospital, he was found to be suffering from swine flu was given intensive treatment. At this stage, the woman died last night miserable.

The incident has caused a stir in Tuticorin.

http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/02/18204523/1069149/swine-flu-woman-died-tuticorin.vpf

[Ronan Kelly]

Spurt in swine flu cases across Tamil Nadu
Zubeda Hamid FEBRUARY 20, 2017 00:00 IST
UPDATED: FEBRUARY 20, 2017 04:25 IST

In the seven-odd weeks this year, as many as 1,020 persons in Tamil Nadu have tested positive for H1N1 (swine flu) and nine have succumbed. In contrast, 2016 saw only 122 cases and two deaths, while in 2015, when the virus peaked, the State recorded a total of 898 cases and 29 deaths, according to the Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (DPH).
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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/more-h1ni-cases-seen-in-last-7-weeks-than-whole-of-2016/article17331831.ece

[tetano]

Two more deaths take A H1N1 influenza toll to 16, 29 being treated

With two more deaths reported in the city today, the death toll due to A (H1N1) (swine flu) registered at 16 in the last three months, even as 29 persons are ...

http://www.covaipost.com/coimbatore/two-more-deaths-take-a-h1n1-influenza-toll-to-16-29-being-treated/

[tetano]

Three more die of swine flu, 29 under treatment

COIMBATORE: Three more people have died of suspected H1N1 infections here.
A 78-year-old man from Palani in Dindugal district passed away in the wee hours of Monday at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH).The patient was referred here from a private hospital in Papanaikanpalayam on Sunday. He had co-morbid conditions of diabetes and coronary heart disease. He tested positive for H1N1. A 47-year-old man from PN Pudur, suspected to be H1N1 positive, too died within two hours of his admission in CMCH. He died due to Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome and respiratory failure due to pneumonia in both his lungs. He was referred from a private hospital, where he was treated for 10 days.
Another 35-year-old man from Chinnametupalayam near Saravanampatti died at a private hospital in Pappanaickenpalayam on Sunday night. According to the hospital, the man died of respiratory failure due to pneumonia and Acute Respiratory Disease Syndrome. As of Monday evening, there were 29 patients at CMCH admitted for H1N1 infection. Of them, 21 patients are from Coimbatore, five from Tirupur, two from Erode and one from Namakkal. Of them, 20 are women. The youngest of the patients is aged 13. The hospital has also recorded three dengue cases and 65 fever cases. ?Many people approach private hospitals and clinics. Though doctors there know how to treat, they take time to diagnose the disease. But the time lost can cost patients their lives,? said a senior doctor in the CMCH.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2017/feb/21/three-more-die-of-swine-flu-29-under-treatment-1572944.html

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Tamil Nadu woman dies of H1N1 in city, one more death reported

BENGALURU: A day after the health officials confirmed the death of the first person in Bengaluru due to H1N1 this season, reports of two more persons succumbing to H1N1 in the city came on Tuesday.
All the three areas from which deaths have been reported — Marathahalli, Thubarahalli and Whitefield — fall in the same stretch. However, a senior health official termed it a mere coincidence. Janaki (29) from Hosur in Tamil Nadu died of H1N1 on February 4 in Sanjaynagar, Marathahalli here. 36-year-old Vidya, a resident of Whitefield, died a day later on February 5. Janaki had come to her mother’s house here. Her husband is a driver and had come to Marathahalli a day before her admission to Manipal hospital here on January 29. She was admitted for typhoid.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/citi...d-1573352.html

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Three more H1N1 patients admitted to Tiruchi medical college hospital

Three more persons, who were affected with H1N1 influenza, were admitted to the K.A.P. Viswanatham Government Medical College Hospital here on Tuesday.
According to sources, the patients, belonging to Tiruchi, were tested positive for H1N1 influenza.
They have been put on Tamiflu tablets.
With this, the number of patients being under treatment for H1N1 at the KAPV hospital has gone up to 20 including 16 children. Of 20 patients, 12 were from Tiruchi.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/three-more-h1n1-patients-admitted-in-tiruci-medical-college-hospital/article17350610.ece

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64-year-old man dies in GRH

A 64-year-old man from Shankar Nagar in K. Pudur here, reportedly died due to H1N1 at the Government Rajaji Hospital on Wednesday.
Denying that the patient, Shanmugasundaram, died due to swine-flu, doctors, requesting anonymity, said that the patient was admitted to Apollo Speciality Hospitals here a few days ago and subsequently referred to the GRH on February 20, where he died.
When reporters asked for diagnosis and reports, the doctors said that the patient was admitted for viral fever.
Another doctor said that the blood test samples had been sent to Hyderabad.
However, they admitted in private that the patient had died due to swine-flu. The Dean was not available for comment.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/64yearold-man-dies-in-grh/article17350889.ece