Gujarat: H1N1 Pandemic 2009-2010; 486 confirmed fatalities

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 88 (Gujarat)

Re: Toll reaches 88 (Gujarat)

5 H1N1 deaths in 48 hours
TNN 26 December 2009, 09:28pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Rajkot
5 H1N1 deaths in 48 hours

RAJKOT: The swine flu death graph is rising at an alarming rate in Rajkot. Five more people died on Friday and Saturday. Since June 22, when the first suspected case was reported in the city, the death toll has been steadily climbing. The toll as per sources is 20. A total 547 patients were treated in outpatient door department, created for swine flu patients at Rajkot's Pandit Dindayal Hospital, control room in charge of the hospital Dr U Mehta said.

On December 25, after a one-and-half-year-old baby died in the morning, a 50-year-old woman succumbed to H1N1 in the night.

On December 26, four-month-old baby Chintan Anilkumar, admitted on Wednesday from Kankot area, Rajesh D, 19, brought from Halwad in Surendranagar district on Friday died in the civil hospital. Rekha Turi, 40, of Jamsalaya in Jamnagar district died in a private hospital in Rajkot. Since Rekha's case was the first one reported in Jamsalaya, her house has been sealed and all preventive measures are being taken.

From December 17 to 24, 10 patients have died. At present, 36 of them are under treatment, of which 26 are positive cases and reports for 10 are awaited from Ahmedabad.

The death figures have jolted the Rajkot administration into action. Many are blaming the lax attitude of the administration for high number of deaths. The first death was reported on August 25, but special outpatient door treatment for swine flu patients was started a month later on September 10, a source said.

Meanwhile, more doctors have been appointed to tackle the situation since last week. "A chief doctor, two residents, two assistant professor-level doctors, one anaesthetist and extra nurses have been put on duty per shift," said Dr Mehta.

In Rajkot, till date, 784 patients were given preventive treatment. According to sources, out of samples sent for confirmation, 88 per cent samples were positive. Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) health officer Dr Mitesh Bhanderi said, 1,050 doctors were given special training on swine flu guidelines.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/rajkot/5-H1N1-deaths-in-48-hours/articleshow/5382292.cms

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 93 (Gujarat)

Re: Toll reaches 93 (Gujarat)

Three more flu deaths in Gujarat, toll rises to 91
STAFF WRITER 18:23 HRS IST
Vadodara/Ahmedabad, Dec 27 (PTI) Three more persons died of swine flu in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the virus to 91 in the state, health officials said today.

Mukesh Upadhyay (46) died due to swine flu at a hospital in Vadodara, they said, adding he was admitted to hospital on Friday in a critical condition.

32-year-old Alka Rajendrabhai and Ranjan Thakore (24) succumbed to the deadly disease here yesterday, officials said.

Meanwhile, 13 more people have tested positive for the swine flu virus, taking the total number of cases in the state to 588.

The new cases have been reported from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Kheda, Vadodara and Surat districts, they said.
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The fatalities from Rajasthan are now officially counted for that State.

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 91 (Gujarat)

Re: Toll reaches 91 (Gujarat)

Swine flu: Four deaths in last 24 hours in Gujarat

STAFF WRITER 22:19 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Dec 28 (PTI) Four more people, including a 14-year-old girl, have succumbed to swine flu in Gujarat, taking the death toll due to the disease in the state to 95, health officials said here today.

Vimla Dashratbhai (50) and Laxmi Shah (14) died today at the V S Hospital and Sola Civil Hospital respectively, they said.

While, Mahendra Soni (48) succumbed to H1N1 at G K Hospital in Bhuj in Kutch district, Sanjay Ramoliya (27) died at Surat civil hospital yesterday.

According to health officials, 18 new cases of H1N1 infection have been reported from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhuj and Junagadh.

With 18 more people testing positive for swine flu a total of 632 people have so far been infected with the H1N1 virus in the state. Among those who were infected include Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and couple of top officials of the health ministry.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 95 (Gujarat)

Re: Toll reaches 95 (Gujarat)

H1N1 death toll in Gujarat touches 100
Kuldeep Tiwari / DNAWednesday, December 30, 2009 9:21 IST Email

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Ahmedabad: With five new swine flu deaths reported in Gujarat on Tuesday, the H1N1 death toll in the state has reached 100.

Four of the five deaths had taken place earlier but they were confirmed as H1N1 cases on Tuesday. The total death toll includes the eight patients from Rajasthan who died in Gujarat hospitals.

Another 16 positive H1N1 cases were detected on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive cases in the state to 647. These days, new cases are detected in double digits daily.

The Ahmedabad Medical Association and top health officials of the state will be meeting on Wednesday to discuss the swine flu crisis. AMA members said they are thinking of asking the state government to allow testing for swine flu in private labs.

They said that as the test is expensive, they will try to find some way to make the test cheaper if the government allows testing in private laboratories.

Principal secretary, family welfare and medical education, Rajesh Kishore, said that the state government had asked medical associations in the state to contact their members and tell them to deal with the pandemic more aggressively.He further said that the government is buying more ventilators for government hospitals.

?We have already issued licenses to 122 chemists in the state to sell anti-swine flu tablets so that people can have easy excess to the medicines.?
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 100 (Gujarat)

Re: Toll reaches 100 (Gujarat)

Swine flu surge unabated, four new deaths reported
Kuldeep Tiwari / DNAThursday, December 31, 2009 9:04 IST Email

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With four new swine flu deaths reported on Wednesday, toll from the influenza in the state has reached 104.

Eight more patients belonging to Rajasthan who had come to Ahmedabad for treatmentdied, taking the total death figure in the state to 112.

Besides, 20 new swine flu positive cases were identified on Wednesday. This takes the figure up to 667. The health and family welfare department informed. The positive cases have been identified in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhuj, Jamnaagar, Bhavnagar, Palanpur, Himatnagar and Karamsad.

The Ahmedabad Medical Association (AMA) held a meeting with the state health officials and an official from National Rural health Mission (NRHM) was also present there.

In the meeting it was decided that the doctors can't quarantine all the suspected patients in hospitals. However, what they can do is they can keep a close watch on A-type patients, while B-type patients need to be given anti-swine flu medicine (Tamiflu).

The people who fall under A-type category just need to be under doctor's observation. They are less vulnerable to the virus.

Whereas patients who fall under B-type are more likely to spread the virus. The C-type are the ones who needs immediate indoor medical treatment.
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_swine-flu-surge-unabated-four-new-deaths-reported_1329300

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 104 (112) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 104 (112) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Two more swine flu death in Gujarat, death toll touches 114
PTIThursday, December 31, 2009 20:47 IST

Rajkot: Two women died of swine flu at civil hospital here, taking the death toll due to the disease to 114 in the state, health officials said today.
Jigna Pandya (35), a resident of Geet Gurjari society here was admitted last night after being tested positive of swine flu, but died after short treatment, they said.

Bhavna Solanki (20), a resident of Bantva town of Bhavnagar district, who had been undergoing swine flu treatment at the civil hospital here since last week also succumbed to H1N1 virus early this morning, resident medical officer (RMO) JG Bambhaniya said.

Bambhaniya said that 29 persons were admitted to the civil hospital's isolation ward today, out of which 10 have tested positive, while reports of others are awaited.

Out of 114 deaths due to swine flu, 106 are from Gujarat while eight belong to Rajasthan, who were brought here for treatment.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 106 (114) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 106 (114) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

And three more reported today;

Five die of Swine flu in Gujarat, toll reaches 117

STAFF WRITER 22:12 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Dec 31 (PTI) The number of people who died due to swine flu today rose to 117 in the state with five more patients succumbing to the deadly virus, state health officials said today.

Bhavna Solanki (20), a resident of Bantva town of Bhavnagar district died at the Rajkot civil hospital, while Dinesh Jakiabhai (48) and Bharat Patel (37) died at the civil hospital here today, they said.

According to health officials, Jigna Pandya (35) a resident of Geet Gurjari society in Rajkot and Manoj Kabra (40) died yesterday in Rajkot and Ahmedabad civil hospital respectively.

They said 30 people have tested positive for H1N1 virus from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Banaskantha and Vadodara today.

Total of 697 people have been infected with the H1N1 virus in the state so far
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 109 (117) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 109 (117) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Six more swine flu deaths in Gujarat, toll rises to 123

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Ahmedabad, Jan 1 (PTI) Six more swine flu deaths, including that of a two-year-old boy, were reported in Gujarat today taking the toll to 123, while 24 more people tested positive for H1N1 virus, state health officials said.

While one Tahira Sirajbhai (21) died at the Rajkot civil hospital today, four persons succumbed yesterday and one had died on December 25.

Four persons who died yesterday were Dhaku Narayanbhai (30) in Rajkot, Atul Rathod (40) in Bhavnagar, Manish Solanki (26) in Banaskanhta and a two-year-old boy Kastubhai Mali in Ahmedabad. Asha Parmar (20) died on December 25 at the civil hospital here.

Health officials said 24 new cases have been reported today from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Vadodara and Jamnagar. With this the total number of swine flu positive cases has gone up to 721.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 115 (123) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 115 (123) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

3 more swine flu death in Gujarat, toll rises to 126

STAFF WRITER 21:34 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 2 (PTI) Three more persons died of swine flu in Gujarat, taking the total death toll in the state to 126, state health department officials said today.

Two deaths, reported from PDU civil hospital in Rajkot today, were of one-year-old child Adnan Imtiyazbhai and a 24-year-old Madhuben Narendrabhai. While 35-year-old Altaf Alibhai died of swine flu yesterday in the same hospital.

Moreover, 18 new cases of swine flu have been reported from Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, Jamnagar, Surat, Palanpur and Vadodara.

According to the figures given by the state health department, so far 739 positive cases of swine flu have been reported in the state, while 126 patients have died, including 8 patients from Rajasthan and remaining were from the state itself.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 118 (126) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 118 (126) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

H1N1 kills two more in Gujarat, toll reaches 128

STAFF WRITER 20:23 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 3 (PTI) Swine flu has claimed two more lives in Gujarat, taking the toll due to the deadly virus to 128 in the state, health officials said today.

25-year-old Usha Rana died of swine flu at civil hospital here while another woman, 28-year-old Anamika Khare at G G hospital in Jamnagar, they said.

With these two deaths, 128 people have so far died in the state which also includes eight persons from Rajasthan, who had come for treatment and died here.

Meanwhile, 762 persons have tested positive for the disease, health officials said, adding positive cases were reported from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhuj and Junagadh today.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 120 (128) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 120 (128) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

13-yr-old girl succumbs to H1N1 in Vadodara
TNN 4 January 2010, 11:00pm ISTText Size:|Topics:Swine flu
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VADODARA: A 13-year-old girl succumbed to swine flu on Monday, taking the toll in city to nine. Besides, three more people died in the state, taking the toll to 124.

Kriza Patel, a standard VII student, was admitted to city-based Global Baroda Hospital (GBH) on January 1 in a critical condition. Her samples were sent from SSG Hospital and they tested positive for H1N1 virus.

This is second paediatric case in the city that succumbed to H1N1 virus after seven-year-old Arya Burade, who was the first victim from city. The cause of death for both Patel and Burade is acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and H1N1 virus.

Patel was admitted in critical condition and was kept on ventilator. Her condition deteriorated further and she died at 4.30 am. As per relatives, Patel was not keeping well since December 28 and was not attending the school for last one week. When there was no improvement in her condition, she was admitted at GBH.

Meanwhile, Rajkot witnessed two more deaths due to swine flu early on Monday when a 14-year-old girl Hansa Devji, brought to PDU Hospital from Kutch and an 18-year-old youth from city Mohammed Jafer died.

Hansa, a resident of Adipur in Kutch, was brought to Rajkot on December 25 as she had cold and fever. After her reports tested positive for H1N1 virus, she was transferred to the intensive care ward, but she didn't respond to treatment and died at 4.20 am. Her body was handed over to fire brigade staff for cremation. A 42-year-old man Hasmukh Kadia also died at Ahmedabad's Civil hospital on Monday.

On Sunday, the virus had killed two, one each in Ahmedabad and Jamnagar. A 25-year-old patient of swine flu Usha Rana was admitted to Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, where she succumbed to the deadly virus, while Anamika Khare (28) from Jamnagar was the other victim.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 124 (132) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 124 (132) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Ahmedabad, Jan 5 (PTI) With three more persons succumbing to swine flu in Gujarat, the statewide toll due to the disease rose to 135, health officials said.

"65-year-old Rampati Yadav died of swine flu today at LG Hospital here, while two persons--Rukiyabanu (50) and Laxmiben Rajput (80), died at general hospital in Palanpur and Sola civil hospital in Ahmedabad respectively yesterday," they said.

Meanwhile, 20 new H1N1 positive cases were reported today from Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Amreli and Palanpur.

So far 794 people have been tested positive for the virus, the officials said.

Of the 135 people died so far in the state, 132 were from Gujarat while eight persons had come here from Rajasthan for treatment.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 127 (135) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 127 (135) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Three more H1N1 deaths in Gujarat; toll reaches 138

STAFF WRITER 20:53 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 6 (PTI) Continuing its killing spree, swine flu today claimed three more persons in Gujarat, taking the death toll to 138, while 24 new cases of the disease were reported from the state, Health Department officials said.

Kanubhai Chauhan (35) and Dharampal Pawar (50) died at the Civil Hospital here, while 24-year-old Kanshit Pandya succumbed to the infection yesterday but his death was reported today at the city Civil Hospital, they said.

Meanwhile, the two dozen new cases were reported from Ahmedabad, Surat, Surendranagar, Bhuj, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Vadodara and Rajkot, the officials said.

Of the 138 fatalities so far, 130 were from Gujarat, while eight persons hailed from Rajasthan and had come here for treatment.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 130 (138) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 130 (138) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

STAFF WRITER 21:10 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 7 (PTI) Swine flu claimed three more lives in Gujarat over the last two days taking the total toll in the state to 141.

According to officials, two women, namely, Dariyaben Vaghri (25) and Musramben Salat (21) died of swine flu today at the civil hospital in the city while one 12-year-old Gunjan Shinghala passed away on January 5 at a hospital in Rajkot but whose death was reported today.

Meanwhile, 25 new cases of swine flu infections have been reported from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Bhuj and Amreli.

So far, 843 H1N1 infected cases have been reported from the state while 141 have succumbed to the infection. Of 141 who died, 133 were from Gujarat itself while eight victims were from Rajasthan
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 133 (141) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 133 (141) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Three H1N1 deaths in state, toll at 147
TNN, 9 January 2010, 11:34pm ISTText Size:|
RAJKOT: Three more swine flu deaths were reported from the state on Saturday, one each from Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Ahmedabad. State's death toll due to H1N1 virus now stands at 147, sources said.

In Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, 42 year old Jitendra Chauhan died at 11.30am on Saturday, while a woman Kashi Dabhi, 50, died at Bhavnagar's Sir T hospital at 3.30pm. The third death was reported from Jamnagar's GG Hospital, where 42-year-old Shobhna Morari died at 7.30am. This apart, three more swine flu deaths were confirmed, two from Ahmedabad and one from Rajkot, after the dead patients' blood reports tested positive for the virus.

Meanwhile on Sunday, three deaths suspected to be due to swine flu were reported from Rajkot, Bhavnagar and Bhuj. Reports are awaited in all three cases.

A woman from Amreli, residing at Kansara street, was brought to PDU Hospital in Rajkot where she died on Thursday. Varsha Meghani, 45, was shifted to swine flu isolation ward on Friday evening. She died few hours before the test was done. A suspected death was also reported from Botad in Bhavnagar district when Meena Parmar, 27, of Jamrada village died in a private hospital in Bhavnagar and in Mandvi, a 20-year-old pregnant woman died in Bhuj general hospital.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 139 (147) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 139 (147) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

7 more deaths due to H1N1 in Gujarat, toll reaches 155

Posted: Sunday , Jan 10, 2010 at 1515 hrs
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Swine flu claimed seven more lives in Gujarat over the last few days, taking the death toll due to the deadly virus in the state to 155, while 20 others, including two infants, tested positive for the H1N1 virus, health officials said in Ahmedabad on Sunday.

According to officials, three persons succumbed to swine flu infection on Saturday. While one Jitendra Chauhan (42) died at civil hospital in Ahmedabad, Shobhana Morani (42) passed away at civil hospital in Rajkot and Kashiben Babhi (50) at Bhuj civil hospital in Kutch district.

Meanwhile, four deaths, which include three who died on January 8 at a civil hospital in Rajkot and one person who died at a hospital in Ahmedabad on January 7, were also reported yesterday, they said.

Twenty more people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus from different parts of the state like Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Vadodara, Surat, Junagadh, Amreli, Banaskantha and Bhuj.

Those infected with H1N1 virus in Bhavnagar include two infants, a girl who is 11 months old and a one-year-old boy.

With this, the total swine flu cases in the state have gone up to 888.

Out of the 155 people who died due to swine flu in the state, eight persons belonged to Rajasthan who had come here for treatment.
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Ro's note: Express India is double counting some fatalities, three of these have already been accounted for. The earlier Times article above reported 2 earlier fatalities from Ahmedabad, and 1 from Rajkot, this report suggests 4 total 3 from Rajkot and 1 from Ahmedabad. Hard to say what's what until todays National Status Update is released.

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 139 (147) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 139 (147) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

10 more swine flu deaths is Gujarat, toll touches 158

STAFF WRITER 20:38 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 10 (PTI) Ten more deaths due to swine flu have been reported in Gujarat in the last few days taking the toll due to the deadly virus to 158 in the state, health officials said.

Nafisa Vora (27) died at civil hospital here today, they said.

Nikita Ramesh (30) and Jitendra Chauhan (42) died at civil hospital in Ahmedabad while Mehul Choraliya (4) and Shobhana Morani (42) succumbed to swine flu at Rajkot civil hospital.

Kashiben Dabhi (50) succumbed to the infection at Bhuj civil hospital in Kutch district yesterday, the officials said, adding three deaths from Rajkot and one from Ahmedabad have also been reported.

As many as 33 people have tested positive for the virus since yesterday from Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, Vadodara, Surat, Junagadh, Amreli, Banaskantha and Bhuj.
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Ro's Note: 3 more fatalities recorded here, and PTI is reporting a total of 158. The national update released today has the total for Gujarat at 152, and probably does not include some of the above. It seems that the Express India total was fine, and that the Times is starting to lag.

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 150 (158) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 150 (158) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

5 more deaths due to H1N1 virus, toll reaches 163

STAFF WRITER 21:27 HRS IST
Ahmedabad, Jan 11 (PTI) Five more deaths caused by swine flu were today reported, taking the toll to 163 in Gujarat while 13 new positive cases were registered from various centres in the state.

Two people died today of swine flu, 58-year-old Ilaben Gajjar at the civil hospital here and six-month-boy Jigar Govindbhai at PDU hospital Rajkot, health department officials said.

Moreover, three persons who died yesterday but were reported today are, Nazar Hussai Somsara (26) at civil hospital while Himanshubhai 14, and 28-year-old woman Kiran Hasmukhbhai, both at PDU hospital in Rajkot had succumbed to the infectious disease.

The officials said that today new cases of swine flu were reported from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Bhuj, Amreli, Palanpur, Vadodara and Rajkot.

So far 914 positive cases of swine flu have been reported by the health authorities while 163 patients have succumbed to the disease.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 155 (163) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 155 (163) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Four more die due to Swine flu in Gujarat, toll reaches 167
PTITuesday, January 12, 2010 21:39 IST Email


Ahmedabad: Four more deaths caused by Swine flu have been reported from the state today, taking the death toll to 167, while as many as 34 new cases of H1N1 infection have been reported by the state health authorities.


According to health department officials, Hamida Husseinbhai (31) died today at the PDU hospital Rajkot.


While three others - Parvinbibi Mohammad (35) succumbed to H1N1 at VS hospital here. Gunvant Panara (47) passed away at the city civil hospital and Hussain Ahmed (40) died at the PDU hospital Rajkot yesterday, but were reported today, officials said.


New cases of H1N1 infections were reported from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Palanpur, Rajkot and Surat, they said.


Meanwhile, of 167 who have succumbed to the infectious disease so far, eight were from Rajsthan, who had come here for treatment.



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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Toll reaches 159 (167) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Re: Toll reaches 159 (167) Gujarat (including Rajasthan natives)

Three succumb to swine flu in Guj, death toll reaches 170
Updated on Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 23:22 IST Tags:Swine flu, Gujarat
Ahmedabad: Swine flu claimed three more lives in Gujarat taking the death toll due to the virus in the state to 170.

According to the officials of the state health department, 28-year-old Ghanshyam Patel succumbed to the infectious disease at civil hospital here today while two others identified as Valiben Karsanbhai (7) and Ruqiya Fakirbhai (47) died at GG hospital in Jamnagar and general hospital in Bhavnagar respectively yesterday, but their deaths were reported today.


Meanwhile, fresh cases of swine flu were reported from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Amreli, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar, they said. So far, 965 persons have been tested positive for H1N1 infection
, they added.

Of the 170 deaths so far, eight were from Rajasthan, who had come here for treatment while rest were from the state, officials said.

Rajkot to have swine flu testing laboratory

The city will soon have a laboratory for testing swine flu samples, Gujarat Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said today.

Talking to mediapersons here, he said Rajkot is a medical hub for Saurashtra and Kutch regions. A large number of people from these regions come to the city for treatment and therefore the government has decided to start a laboratory with bio-safety grade hospital here, the Minister said.

The laboratory will start functioning within a week, Vyas said, adding the facility will have experts to conduct swine flu test.

Currently, samples from here are being sent to Ahmedabad for H1N1 test, which delays swine flu treatment, he added.

-PTI

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