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A(H1N1) toll in Bangalore rises to four
Bangalore: Two more people succumbed to A(H1N1) influenza in Bangalore, raising the toll in the city to four. Manjunath (28) died at the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences in Whitefield here on Friday evening, and Shamshad Begum (26) died in a hospital on Saturday.
According to Chief Medical Staff of Baptist Hospital, Abraham Chandy, Ms. Begum was admitted to the hospital on August 10 for pneumonia and cardiac problem.
As she exhibited symptoms of A(H1N1), her throat and nasal swabs were sent to NIMHANS for tests.
Confirming the death of Mr. Manjunath, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services Usha Wasunkar told The Hindu that he was admitted to the hospital on Thursday with complaints of chest pain, fever and breathlessness.
He was diagnosed as having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
He was put on a ventilator after his condition deteriorated. His swabs were sent for tests to the NIMHANS laboratory on Thursday evening. He died on Friday at 5 p.m.
She said that an oral confirmation of the patient testing positive for A (H1N1) was given to the hospital late Friday from the NIMHANS laboratory, the only testing centre in the city. Mr. Manjunath was a resident of Dommasandra in Sarjapur.
Roopa Anand (26), schoolteacher, was the first reported victim of the flu in the city on Wednesday.
On Friday, Shivanna (55) succumbed to the flu in a private hospital.
?We do not know how my brother got this infection. We had never thought that H1N1, which affects IT people, would affect our village. Someone called to ask if my brother was a techie. But he is an ordinary weaver. We suspect the doctors at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences have not treated him properly,? said Lakshmana, the second of the four brothers of Manjunath.
Speaking to The Hindu after performing the last rites of Manjunath, Mr. Lakshmana said: ?He was hale and hearty before he got this fever 12 days ago. We never thought it could take his life. He first went to the Dommasandra Government Hospital and later consulted doctors at Jayalakshmi clinic and Srinidhi clinic. We took him to Vydehi when the fever did not subside and he complained of breathlessness,? Mr. Lakshmana said.
The authorities at the hospital denied the allegations and said he was brought to the hospital in a critical condition.
hat-tip RoRo
http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/16/stories/2009081659130400.htm
Bangalore: Two more people succumbed to A(H1N1) influenza in Bangalore, raising the toll in the city to four. Manjunath (28) died at the Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences in Whitefield here on Friday evening, and Shamshad Begum (26) died in a hospital on Saturday.
According to Chief Medical Staff of Baptist Hospital, Abraham Chandy, Ms. Begum was admitted to the hospital on August 10 for pneumonia and cardiac problem.
As she exhibited symptoms of A(H1N1), her throat and nasal swabs were sent to NIMHANS for tests.
Confirming the death of Mr. Manjunath, Director of Health and Family Welfare Services Usha Wasunkar told The Hindu that he was admitted to the hospital on Thursday with complaints of chest pain, fever and breathlessness.
He was diagnosed as having acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
He was put on a ventilator after his condition deteriorated. His swabs were sent for tests to the NIMHANS laboratory on Thursday evening. He died on Friday at 5 p.m.
She said that an oral confirmation of the patient testing positive for A (H1N1) was given to the hospital late Friday from the NIMHANS laboratory, the only testing centre in the city. Mr. Manjunath was a resident of Dommasandra in Sarjapur.
Roopa Anand (26), schoolteacher, was the first reported victim of the flu in the city on Wednesday.
On Friday, Shivanna (55) succumbed to the flu in a private hospital.
?We do not know how my brother got this infection. We had never thought that H1N1, which affects IT people, would affect our village. Someone called to ask if my brother was a techie. But he is an ordinary weaver. We suspect the doctors at Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences have not treated him properly,? said Lakshmana, the second of the four brothers of Manjunath.
Speaking to The Hindu after performing the last rites of Manjunath, Mr. Lakshmana said: ?He was hale and hearty before he got this fever 12 days ago. We never thought it could take his life. He first went to the Dommasandra Government Hospital and later consulted doctors at Jayalakshmi clinic and Srinidhi clinic. We took him to Vydehi when the fever did not subside and he complained of breathlessness,? Mr. Lakshmana said.
The authorities at the hospital denied the allegations and said he was brought to the hospital in a critical condition.
hat-tip RoRo
http://www.hindu.com/2009/08/16/stories/2009081659130400.htm