Swine flu death toll reaches 12, Pune man dies
Published on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 22:21, Updated on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 00:30 in Health section
New Delhi: Another person has succumbed to swine flu in Pune, taking the death toll in India to 12.
Thirty-five-year-old Sanjay Mistry died in Sassoon Hospital, Pune. He was earlier admitted in Veeramai hospital and was on the ventilator.
On Sunday night, he was shifted to Sasoon hospital and was said to be in critical condition. He had fever and throat infection.
Kerala reported its first death from H1N1 Influenza Virus (swine flu) on Tuesday taking the total death toll from the deadly viral disease to 11 in the country.
A 35-year-old man, Wilson, died due to swine flu at Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday night.
Wilson, a Gulf returnee who had recently travelled to Tamil Nadu, was admitted to the hospital six days back with high fever, doctors said.
He had came to Thiruvananthapuram by train via Chennai and was under treatment for swine flu for the past three days. He was also suffering from pneumonia.
"A 35-year-old man died in KIMS Hospital due to swine flu. He was a resident of Andaman and Nicobar Islands," said Kerala Health and Social Welfare Minister PK Sreemathi.
"It is very unfortunate. This person came via Chennai by train. Another case in Kochi is also critical. We have taken very serious steps. This patient was under observation of nodal officer. We are checking with Railways for the details who were the others traveling with him," said Sreemathi.
Earlier on Tuesday three more people - one each in Pune, Vadodara, Mumbai - died of swine flu taking the death toll into double digits.
Arya Murale, just seven years old, died at the SSG Hospital in Vadodra, Gujarat and became the second victim of the disease in the state.
Murale was brought in for treatment on August 7, said Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas, adding that she was a resident of Vadodara and had not travelled abroad.
"The girl had no history of how she contracted the virus," the minister said. The girl's health had been showing some signs of improvement Sunday but deteriorated Monday night. NRI Pravin Patel died of swine flu in a government hospital on Sunday.
Sayada Doshiwala, a 63-year-old woman, died of swine flu in Maharashtra?s Thane district.
Doshiwala was brought to Mumbai's Noor Hospital in Byculla five days ago for treatment and was put on life support on Monday night after her condition worsened.
"The deceased was from Thane and had been brought to Mumbai for treatment," Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar told IANS.
Preliminary reports indicated that she died around 0600 hrs IST, but it was confirmed only much later that she had succumbed to swine flu.
A Pune schoolgirl became India's eighth H1N1 fatality when she succumbed to the virus early on Tuesday, according to a health official.
The victim, Shruti Gawde, 13, died in the Sassoon Hospital, barely hours after a pharmacist Sanjay Tilekar died there Monday night, an official from the State Swine Flu Control Room said. This is the sixth swine flu death in Maharashtra.
Pune tops the list of casualties with six deaths so far followed by one death each in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai.
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Published on Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 22:21, Updated on Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 00:30 in Health section
New Delhi: Another person has succumbed to swine flu in Pune, taking the death toll in India to 12.
Thirty-five-year-old Sanjay Mistry died in Sassoon Hospital, Pune. He was earlier admitted in Veeramai hospital and was on the ventilator.
On Sunday night, he was shifted to Sasoon hospital and was said to be in critical condition. He had fever and throat infection.
Kerala reported its first death from H1N1 Influenza Virus (swine flu) on Tuesday taking the total death toll from the deadly viral disease to 11 in the country.
A 35-year-old man, Wilson, died due to swine flu at Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday night.
Wilson, a Gulf returnee who had recently travelled to Tamil Nadu, was admitted to the hospital six days back with high fever, doctors said.
He had came to Thiruvananthapuram by train via Chennai and was under treatment for swine flu for the past three days. He was also suffering from pneumonia.
"A 35-year-old man died in KIMS Hospital due to swine flu. He was a resident of Andaman and Nicobar Islands," said Kerala Health and Social Welfare Minister PK Sreemathi.
"It is very unfortunate. This person came via Chennai by train. Another case in Kochi is also critical. We have taken very serious steps. This patient was under observation of nodal officer. We are checking with Railways for the details who were the others traveling with him," said Sreemathi.
Earlier on Tuesday three more people - one each in Pune, Vadodara, Mumbai - died of swine flu taking the death toll into double digits.
Arya Murale, just seven years old, died at the SSG Hospital in Vadodra, Gujarat and became the second victim of the disease in the state.
Murale was brought in for treatment on August 7, said Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas, adding that she was a resident of Vadodara and had not travelled abroad.
"The girl had no history of how she contracted the virus," the minister said. The girl's health had been showing some signs of improvement Sunday but deteriorated Monday night. NRI Pravin Patel died of swine flu in a government hospital on Sunday.
Sayada Doshiwala, a 63-year-old woman, died of swine flu in Maharashtra?s Thane district.
Doshiwala was brought to Mumbai's Noor Hospital in Byculla five days ago for treatment and was put on life support on Monday night after her condition worsened.
"The deceased was from Thane and had been brought to Mumbai for treatment," Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar told IANS.
Preliminary reports indicated that she died around 0600 hrs IST, but it was confirmed only much later that she had succumbed to swine flu.
A Pune schoolgirl became India's eighth H1N1 fatality when she succumbed to the virus early on Tuesday, according to a health official.
The victim, Shruti Gawde, 13, died in the Sassoon Hospital, barely hours after a pharmacist Sanjay Tilekar died there Monday night, an official from the State Swine Flu Control Room said. This is the sixth swine flu death in Maharashtra.
Pune tops the list of casualties with six deaths so far followed by one death each in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai.
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/swine-flu-death-toll-reaches-11-kerala-man-dies/99028-17.html