Jammu & Kashmir Influenza 2017; 25 fatalities

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[h=3]2 more die of Swine Flu at SKIMS, toll rises to 27[/h]
Two more patients died of Swine Flu at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Soura, taking the death toll to 27 this season.
Sources at SKIMS told Rising Kashmir that a woman hailing from central Kashmir?s Budgam district died of H1N1 on Tuesday.
?She was a case of comorbidities and also tested positive for H1N1 influenza earlier in the week,? they said.
Another male patient from Ganderbal died of influenza on January 7 due to H1N1 at the hospital.

http://risingkashmir.in/news/2-more-die-of-swine-flu-at-skims-toll-rises-to-27

 

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[h=1]Pregnant woman, whose baby was saved, dies of H1N1[/h] A pregnant woman, whose baby was saved by doctors at Sher-e-Kashmir institute of medical sciences two weeks ago, and another male patient have died of H1N1 influenza this week, taking the total number of such deaths to 29 at the hospital this season, so far.
A source said that a 30-year-old woman, admitted to the surgical intensive care unit of SKIMS for about a month, died earlier this week.

http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/...whose-baby-was-saved-dies-of-h1n1/272053.html

 

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[h=1]Srinagar diary: Swine Flu death toll rises to 27[/h] With two more deaths reported this week, the death toll by Swine Flu in the state has risen to 27 this season. The highest number of Swine Flu deaths in the state was reported in 2015 wherein 21 people had died. Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences is the only testing and treatment centre in the Valley. The hospital has so far received 185 H1N1 patients and most of them were discharged after treatment. Doctors Association Kashmir, led by Dr Nisar ul Hassan, has advised doctors not to prescribe antibiotics to patients suffering from flu. ?Swine flu is a viral infection and it cannot be contained by taking antibiotics,? Hassan said.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...swine-flu-death-toll-rises-to-27-1752475.html