Tamil Nadu, influenza 2017: 38 fatalities

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CMCH has 34 patients taking treatment for H1N1

The Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Friday refuted reports that close to 40 H1N1 patients were undergoing treatment there and said only 34 for patients were getting treatment for the flu. Only patients in the H1N1 ward get reported," he said.Hospital authorities said there were 34 patients as on Friday night -- 29 from Coimbatore and the remaining from Erode and Nilgiris. "As the H1N1 ward is full, many patients are shifted to the fever wards and a room near the ICU," said a doctor. "Only three of 34 are tested positive for the virus," they said.Earlier this week, the number of patients undergoing treatment for H1N1 in the CMCH had touched 39, forcing it to move some patients to the fever ward or a step down intensive care unit. "The figure is inclusive of all patients being treated for the flu in all wards," said resident medical officer, Dr A Soundaravel.

http://www.nyoooz.com/news/coimbatore/743267/cmch-has-34-patients-taking-treatment-for-h1n1

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu kills 2 women in Trichy
Jayaseeli | Sunday, February 26, 2017 11:17 AM IST
Swine flu kills 2 women in Trichy
Trichy: Government hospital for swine flu and 2 uyirilantataiyatuttu women, the disease is affecting the number of dead has risen to 14.

Sandra H 1, I 1, also known as swine flu is spreading rapidly. 'Inpluyanca the virus through contaminated paravukiratutirucci, Pudukkottai, Salem counties including the impact of the swine flu is more common. For this purpose, special shelters set up in various places, action is taken to prevent the disease's impact.

Set up separate wards in government hospitals suffering from swine flu are under observation. However, the lack of sufficient awareness of the prevalence of the disease in the Government Headquarters varukiratuinta increasing day by day in the hospital, and 2 women died of swine flu affected.

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Trichy Uraiyur portion of the vairavel cuntarammal wife (age 60). For some time been suffering from a severe fever. Government Headquarters came to the hospital for treatment in a private hospital offered him a blood test done kunamakavillaiitaiyatuttu.

He was diagnosed with swine flu symptoms. He was later admitted to a private ward. But yesterday evening miserable died undergoing treatment.

Lakshmi Tiruchirapalli ponmalaippatti portion (66) in a special ward for swine flu admitted to the government hospital was extended Trichy. He died yesterday. The only swine flu toll in Trichy government hospital, the number of dead has risen to 14.

http://tamil.annnews.in/tamil/tamilnadu/news/More-2-women-killed-in-swine-flu-attack-at-trichy

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Woman dies of A(H1N1) at CMCH

A(H1N1) influenza has claimed one more life at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH).
Hospital authorities said Selvi (35) of Pongalur in Tirupur died of the influenza on Tuesday afternoon. She had pneumonia also.
This year, 22 persons who underwent treatment at CMCH for the influenza have died. Officials, however, say this includes patients who died of other ailments though they were admitted at the special ward set up for treating A(H1N1) cases. ?As per official records, only two persons have died of A(H1N1)at CMCH,? said Resident Medical Officer R. Soundravel. According to hospital authorities, 122 people had tested positive for A(H1N1) at CMCH till February 28. Of this, 115 were adult cases and seven paediatric cases.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/woman-dies-of-ah1n1-at-cmch/article17391042.ece

[Ronan Kelly]

Eight patients died of swine flu in Madurai last month
DECCAN CHRONICLE. | GOKUL VANNAN
Published Mar 2, 2017, 1:40 am ISTUpdated Mar 2, 2017, 1:40 am IST

Moreover, most of these hospitals don?t have a separate ward for treating these patients, the doctors claimed.

Madurai: As many as eight people, mostly elderly or middle-aged, died due to influenza A (H1N1) commonly called swine flu, in the last one month in Madurai alone.

Revealing this detail to this newspaper, a senior government doctor, on condition of anonymity, said that seven out of the 32 patients treated for swine flu in the private hospitals in Madurai city in the month of February died mainly due to acute respiratory failure. The documents available with DC also validate his statement.
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http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/020317/eight-patients-died-of-swine-flu-in-madurai-last-month.html

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One-year-old girldies of swine flu

Summary: M. Ayesha Nazira, a one-year-old baby girl, of Seventh Street, Rahmaniapuram in Kadayanallur died of H1N1 virus (swine flu) on Friday evening. In the recent past, a seven-year-old boy was the victim of swine flu, sources said. It was the second such death caused by the H1N1 virus at Kadayanallur. Collector M. Karunakaran said mass cleaning works had been taken up on a war footing in and around Kadayanallur to prevent an outbreak of the disease. Blood sample test taken in a microbiological lab showed positive for H1N1.

http://www.nyoooz.com/news/madurai/748308/oneyearold-girldies-of-swine-flu

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Five-year-old boy dies of swine flu
STAFF REPORTER MARCH 05, 2017 00:00 IST
UPDATED: MARCH 05, 2017 03:55 IST

A five-year-old boy, A. Josevin, of North Street, Parappadi near Nanguneri died of H1N1 (swine flu) on Saturday.

The boy was admitted to Tirunelveli Government Medical College Hospital with fever at 7.30 p.m. on Friday.
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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/fiveyearold-boy-dies-of-swine-flu/article17411288.ece

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Woman dies of A (H1N1) influenza

A 46-year-old woman from Palani, who was undergoing treatment for A (H1N1) influenza at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH), died on Monday.
Sumathi, wife of Dharmaraj from Periyappa Nagar of Palani, was admitted to the hospital on March 1. As per official records, this is the third death due to A (H1N1) influenza at CMCH. As of Monday, CMCH has 11 positive cases of A (H1N1) influenza.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/woman-dies-of-a-h1n1-influenza/article17420438.ece

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62-year-old dies of H1N1 in Coimbatore

A 62-year-old man died of A (H1N1) influenza at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital late on Tuesday.
The deceased was identified as Rathinasamy, son of Karuppanna Gounder, from Lawley Road, Coimbatore. CMCH authorities said Rathinasamy was brought to the hospital on Saturday on referral from a private hospital. His condition deteriorated on Tuesday and he died by midnight. With his death, the number of persons who died while being treated for A(H1N1) influenza at CMCH has increased to 27 this year. Of them, 22 were natives of Coimbatore while others were from Dindigul, Erode, Tirupr and the Nilgiris.
According to official records, only five persons actually died of the disease.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/62yearold-dies-of-h1n1-in-coimbatore/article17431749.ece

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Woman dies of swine flu

A 68-year-old woman from Puththan Tharuvai near Sattankulam in Thoothukudi district died of swine flu at Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital (TVMCH) on Tuesday.
Sources at the TVMCH said R. Mariya Gracy, a diabetic with some heart ailment, was admitted to a private hospital here with breathing problem on Sunday. She was referred to the TVMCH on Monday with suspected symptoms of swine flu and the clinical investigations confirmed it.
Though Gracy was undergoing treatment at the isolated ward for H1N1 virus causing swine flu, she breathed her last on Tuesday.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/woman-dies-of-swine-flu-tirunelveli/article17462515.ece

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Man dies of suspected H1N1, was treated at private hospital for 4 days

Summary: Doctors at the general hospital said they could not confirm it as Ramesh was treated at the hospital for barely two hours before he died. A private lab had given a report that he had H1N1 on March 18.On Tuesday morning Ramesh's kin were informed of his condition, after which he was shifted to the general hospital . "He also said that Ramesh did not take medical help for the initial few days.As on February 15, Tamil Nadu had recorded 1,020 cases of H1N1 cases Chennai, Kancheepuram and Tiruvallur accounting for 25% of these. He was at the hospital for only two hours and we did not have time to fully evaluate." "The patient was in a critical condition and was on ventilator when he was brought to the hospital.

CHENNAI: A 35-year-old man died of suspected H1N1 in the city on Tuesday.Triplicane resident G Ramesh was suffering from high fever and breathlessbness and was under treatment at a private hospital before he was brought to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital where he died two hours after being admitted.He was on a ventilator at the private hospital from Saturday to Tuesday. A private lab had given a report that he had H1N1 on March 18.On Tuesday morning Ramesh's kin were informed of his condition, after which he was shifted to the general hospital . Doctors at the general hospital said they could not confirm it as Ramesh was treated at the hospital for barely two hours before he died.

https://www.nyoooz.com/news/chennai/762280/man-dies-of-suspected-h1n1-was-treated-at-private--hospital-for-4-days

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Man dies of A (H1N1) influenza

A 70-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for A (H1N1) influenza at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) died on Tuesday.
CMCH authorities said that Manickam, son of Ramasamy from Somandurai Chittoor near Pollachi,
was admitted with symptoms of the disease on March 4 at the hospital. He was later tested positive for the virus.
With the death of Manickam, the number of persons died of the disease at CMCH has increased to 28 this year. According to CMCH authorities, less than ten people have died of the disease at the hospital as per official records.

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/man-dies-of-a-h1n1-influenza/article17596310.ece

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu kills pregnant woman Tharapuram
Registration: March 28, 2017 17:24

Coimbatore:

Tirupur district belonged to Ms. tarapurattai (age 25). Full-term pregnancy. Expression Kinathukadavu He stayed at his home in the area near the encampment cikkalam.

Ms. affected by the flu last few days, Pollachi admitted to the government hospital. Coimbatore government hospital for treatment and then added to the top. The medical examination was diagnosed with swine flu to Ms.

Ms Ward, who was undergoing treatment for this condition alone, sunk yesterday died miserable. The child died in the womb.

Control of swine flu in Coimbatore district health officials are taking extreme measures.

http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/03/28172423/1076614/Pregnant-girl-killed-in-swine-flu-attack-near-tharapuram.vpf

A woman died of swine flu in Coimbatore

@ 2017-03-29 01:20:15
COIMBATORE: Coimbatore and one woman died of swine flu. Ali Akbar Ali's wife Fatima from karurai caitu (47). This is due to the flu was recovering in a private hospital in the town. Coimbatore government hospital for treatment over the past 14 added on. Doctors in testing it was confirmed that the swine flu. Thus, the treatment of tanivart. But, last night died undergoing treatment. Expression Government, private hospitals only 32 people have died in the past 3 months.

http://www.dinakaran.com/News_detail.asp?Nid=290725

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Letpattarai President victim of swine flu in Ambattur
Registration: March 31, 2017 15:29

President succumbed to swine flu in Ambattur lathe workshop. The wife of Hari jenipar victim of swine flu, has 2 children.

Letpattarai President victim of swine flu in Ambattur
Villivakkam:

Ambattur orakatam ayyankulattai belonged Hari (37). Ambattur estate and ran a workshop on the lathe. Suffered from high fever for the past 5 days.

For that, go to a hospital for treatment received at home. Despite having suffered from persistent fever and physical examination did go to a private hospital in Porur. In which he revealed that swine flu had been affected.

So Kilpauk admitted to the government hospital. Put in a separate ward where he was treated. She died yesterday and is undergoing treatment from pity.

The wife of Hari jenipar victim of swine flu, has 2 children.

http://www.maalaimalar.com/News/District/2017/03/31152935/1077238/swine-flu-impact-workshop-owner-death.vpf

[Ronan Kelly]

Woman dies of A (H1N1) influenza
STAFF REPORTER COIMBATORE, JUNE 23, 2017 00:00 IST
UPDATED: JUNE 23, 2017 04:07 IST


A 52-year-old woman who was undergoing treatment for A (H1N1) influenza for six days at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) died on Thursday.

CMCH authorities said that Ranganayagi, wife of Anand from Maniyakarampalayam near Ganapathy, was admitted on June 17 after being referred from a private hospital here in the city. They said the patient tested positive for the flu at the private hospital itself. On Thursday, her condition deteriorated around 3.30 p.m.

Doctors at CMCH said the woman had no recent travel history, which meant that she had contracted the flu virus locally.
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http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/woman-dies-of-a-h1n1-influenza/article19129626.ece

This raises the state toll to at least 32 - Ro

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Swine flu: Tamil Nadu records 3,000 cases of H1N1 virus, the highest in country

The southern state of Tamil Nadu recorded close to 3,000 cases of H1N1 influenza virus since January 2017 - the highest in the country.
Maharashtra, with 300 deaths out of the 2,738 cases reported, is the worst hit in terms of mortality. The state of Gujarat, which recorded 75 deaths out of 289 infections, is the second-worst affected, followed by Kerala (63 deaths out of 1,127 reported cases) and Rajasthan (59 out of 407 succumbed to H1N1 complications. Telangana and Tamil Nadu registered 17 and 15 deaths respectively.

http://zeenews.india.com/health/swine-flu-in-india-tamil-nadu-records-3000-cases-of-h1n1-virus-the-highest-in-country-know-who-all-are-at-risk-2026425?pfrom=article-next-story