Maharashtra Flu 2013, 79 fatalities

[Ronan Kelly]

2011-2012 thread - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/sho...d.php?t=168053

40-year-old man dies of swine flu
TNN | Jan 26, 2013, 12.55 AM IST

PUNE: A 40-year-old man died of swine flu in Pune city on January 24, the civic health officials confirmed on Friday. The victim also had developed altered sensorium among other usual symptoms. Altered sensorium means limitations on or problems with the brain's ability to receive, process or interpret sensory information.

"This is the first swine flu casualty this year. As many as 36 people have succumbed to the H1N1 infection since April last year," said S T Pardeshi, medical officer of health, Pune Municipal Corporation.
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Aurangabad man critical

A 42-year-old man from Aurangabad is critical with swine flu and is being treated at a city hospital. "The man got admitted to Ruby Hall Clinic at 1.45 am on Friday. He was put on ventilator support," said the civic health official. The man delayed medical treatment for 10 days which resulted in worsening of his condition.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18189535.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu deaths: Pune no longer in ‘panic’ mode

Anuradha Mascarenhas : Sat Feb 09 2013, 04:01 hrs

A dip in temperature has led to a spurt in swine flu cases in northern parts of the country but in Pune — where the first death from the virus was reported — and surrounding areas, virologists have marked a decrease in H1N1 cases over the years. The health authorities have stated that the virus has now become endemic.
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One death has been reported in Pune, and three in Pimpri Chinchwad since January this year. Officials with the municipal health departments said that over the years the H1N1 deaths also include those of patients coming from outside the cities to hospitals here for treatment.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sw...mode/1071816/0

[tetano]

2 more test positive for H1N1


UMBAI: Two Mulund residents tested positive for H1N1 on Friday. According to the BMC officials, total number of swine flu cases so far this year is three.

One of the two patients is a 44-year-old woman who had been to Gujarat and contracted the disease from there. The other is a 31-year-old man. Both are residents of Mulund.

"Both the patients are stable and are getting treatment at home. We had one swine flu case in January and the person is doing well," said Dr Mangala Gomare, who heads the BMC's epidemiology cell.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18424125.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu travels from Delhi to Mumbai
Published: Monday, Feb 11, 2013, 8:00 IST
By Maitri Porecha | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA


Doctors have confirmed that the two Mulund-based residents who were recently detected with swine flu contracted it after travelling to Delhi for official work.

A 44-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man from Mulund had contracted the H1N1 virus one after the other after having travelled to Delhi and Rajkot two weeks ago. Although the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s health department played down the seriousness of the issue by stating that both the patients had been treated on out-patient department (OPD) basis, sources said that the woman was admitted to the private-run Jupiter Hospital in Thane. She was discharged after a 10-day-long haul in the hospital on Sunday.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/repor...mumbai_1798595

[Ronan Kelly]

Woman tests positive for swine flu
TNN | Feb 12, 2013, 05.37 AM IST


NAGPUR: Swine flu, which has claimed some 100 lives in the northern parts of the country this year, has reared its head in the city too. A woman from Hudkeshwar tested positive for the disease on Monday.
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"The patient is in critical condition. She was first admitted to some other private hospital in the city. The doctors there suspected her to be suffering from swine flu and sent her samples to a private laboratory, which declared her H1N1 positive. So she was referred to our hospital, since we are a authorized medical centre to treat swine flu," said managing director of KRIMS hospital Dr Ashok Arbat.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18457326.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Eight H1N1 deaths in state since Jan, six from district
ByUmesh Isalkar, TNN | Feb 14, 2013, 06.04 AM IST

PUNE: The H1N1 influenza virus has claimed eight lives and infected over 57 people in the state since the beginning of this year. Pune district alone accounts for six of these casualties, with one death each reported from Jalgaon and Aurangabad.

Three people with the infection are currently in critical condition in Pune city and have been put on ventilator support, health officials said.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18493054.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu A 42-year-old woman, a resident of Jalana district, died of swine flu infection at a hospital in Pune on Friday.By Umesh Isalkar, Pune 5 hours ago via email
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/18517261.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Details on the woman reported above;

42-year-old Jalna woman dies of H1N1 infection
TNN | Feb 16, 2013, 12.24 AM IST

"Surekha Sharad Kale died of swine flu infection at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital at 1.56 pm on Friday," said a health official.

Kale was from Karla village and developed symptoms on January 30. "She had fever, cough and sore throat for 11 days and later developed breathlessness and body ache," the official said.

The woman initially took fever and cough medicine on her own. She consulted doctors at Khadki Hospital in Jalna and took medicine on their advice for two days but when she developed breathlessness on February 5, she consulted another doctor.

Kale was referred to another hospital for better management but trained staff needed to render ventilator support was not available and she was taken to another hospital in Aurangabad where she was put on ventilator support on February 7. Her throat swab tested positive for swine flu and Kale's relatives then moved her to Pune.

On February 9 she was put on a high frequency ventilator at Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital but her condition did not improve and she succumbed to the infection on Friday.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18521816.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Don't panic over swine flu yet: Mumbai doctors
Climate change is to be blamed for the recent surge in swine flu cases in the city, claim doctors
February 17, 2013
MUMBAI
Naveen Nair

Six cases of swine flu have been reported in the city in the month of February, and 79 across the state. While nine deaths have been recorded, doctors rubbish reports of a sudden upsurge in the number of swine flu cases in the city. Claiming that this is a usual feature, doctors blame the change in climate for the detection of swine flu cases. With the cold withdrawing, cases of swine flu will reduce gradually, they said.
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http://www.mid-day.com/news/2013/feb...ai-doctors.htm

[Ronan Kelly]

Woman dies of swine flu
TNN | Feb 18, 2013, 01.59 AM IST



NAGPUR: A 48-year-old woman from Hudkeshwar became the first victim of swine flu in the city this season when she succumbed to the disease on Saturday. The woman became the 110th victim of the disease in three years that swine flu raised its head in the city in 2009.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18549938.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

71-year-old man dies of swine flu
TNN | Feb 20, 2013, 03.56 AM IST

PUNE: A 71-year-old man from Khadki died of swine flu at a hospital here on February 17, even as two patients, whose condition continued to be critical on Tuesday, were put on ventilator support. The number of deaths due to the contagion has gone up to three in the city since January. Two of them died this month.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18584027.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Four people critical with swine flu in Pune
ByUmesh Isalkar, TNN | Feb 24, 2013, 09.07 PM IST

PUNE: The condition of four people with swine flu continues to be critical. All the four have been put on ventilator support at different hospitals in Pune city, said civic health officials.
"A total of nine patients are currently being treated at different hospitals across the city. Among them, the condition of four is critical," said S T Pardeshi, medical officer of health, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

As many as 59 people have tested positive for swine flu since January. Besides, the virus claimed three lives during this period. "Among them, two were local residents while one was from Jalana district," Pardeshi said.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18661332.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

machine translated (with some difficulty). Golden Park hospital is in Mumbai, Maharashtra. What the relationship is to Ramabai Nagar & Manikpur (both in Uttar Pradesh) I can't make out.

One death from swine flu

Feb 24, 2013, 08.30AM IST
Sn. Vasai: City of Golden Park Hospital, a person
After the death of swine flu Nvgr Manikpur
* The Block Congress Committee president Rajesh Gwhankr
The Vasai - Virar
Assistant Commissioner of Municipal Corporation in the area clean - cleaning is demanded. In a letter to the Assistant Commissioner
Gwhankr said Nvgr
Ramabai Nagar near Manikpur Department
* An unknown person in the slum is the business of raising animals which extends the huge mess. This fear of spreading diseases in people.
http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com...w/18647685.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Press release from the MOHFW today gives Maharashtra count at 103 cases & 13 fatalities.
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=92613

[tetano]

80-year-old succumbs to H1N1

PUNE: An 80-year-old man from Bhavani Peth succumbed to swine flu infection on Friday. This is the fourth H1N1 death in the city this year.

"Changanraj Solanki suffered septic shock following multi-organ failure with acute respiratory distress and died at 3.15 am on March 1," said a civic health official.

Solanki had fever and dry cough since February 10. He had mild difficulty in breathing and started vomiting on February 15. Despite symptoms earlier, he delayed consulting a doctor for the first three days. He had travelled to Rajasthan and stayed there from January 20 to 28.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/18756555.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Woman died of swine flu in Nashik

Nashik | Sunday, Mar 17 2013 IST



One more woman died of swine flu, while seven patients tested positive for the deadly disease in the district, said the sources in zilla parishad (ZP) health committee here.

Sangita Arun Gunkal (32) of Lakhmapur village in Baglan taluka died during treatment in a hospital here yesterday.

Earlier, a week ago, Sarla Sharad Pawar (28) of Piplad in Chandwad taluka died of the disease on March nine.
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http://news.webindia123.com/news/Art...7/2174151.html

[Ronan Kelly]

Via Times of India's SpeedNews service;

Swine flu A 51-year-old woman died of swine flu in Pimpri Chinchwad on Sunday.
By Umesh Isalkar, Pune 1 hour ago via email

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/19021556.cms

Edit: More details of the case above;

Pimpri woman dies of swine flu
TNN | Mar 18, 2013, 02.11 AM IST

PUNE: A 51-year-old woman died of swine flu at the Aditya Birla Memorial Hospital (ABMH) on Sunday, taking the number of H1N1 casualties in the Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal limits to five since January.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19027008.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Two die of H1N1; toll rises to 6 since Jan
TNN | Mar 20, 2013, 05.21 AM IST


PUNE: Delayed diagnosis resulted in two swine flu deaths in the city on Monday. Both the victims were from villages around Pune and had come to the city for treatment.

Since January, six people have succumbed to the virus. Of them, three cases were reported in March alone. Meanwhile, six more people tested positive for the contagion on Tuesday, said a health official of the Pune Municipal Corporation ( PMC).

Fifty-five-year old Hanumant Ghule, a resident of village Bopkhel, died at the Ruby Hall Clinic at 2.15 am. Laxman Ahiwale, 65, a resident of Sahajpur (taluka Daund) died at Nobel hospital in Hadapsar at 5.12 pm. In both the cases, the detection happened late because the patients delayed approaching the doctors.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19082771.cms

[tetano]

Spurt in H1N1 deaths in state, 20 dead since Jan

PUNE: Swine flu has claimed 20 lives in the state since January, nine in March alone, say state health officials.

Among the total number of casualties, Pune district accounts for the highest number (10), said state surveillance officer Pradip Awate. "Six people died of H1N1 influenza within Pune municipal limits while four were from Pimpri-Chinchwad ," he added.

Following the recent spurt in cases, doctors have warned citizens to be vigilant and take precautionary measures. "The virus has infected 170 people across the state since January," said Awate.

Of the nine people who succumbed to the contagion in March, three were from Pune city. Nagpur registered two deaths and one death each was recorded in Thane, Pimpri-Chinchwad , Nashik and Aurangabad . "The behaviour pattern of influenza viruses has been unpredictable. Hence, it is difficult to categorically pinpoint reasons for the spurt, said Mandeep Chadha, deputy director, National Institute of Virology ( NIV).


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19083958.cms

Swine Flu claims three in the district
Nashik(20-March-2013)
Tags : Deshdoot Times,Swine Flu claims three in the district

NASHIK: Though Swine Flu was dormant all through last year, it has become active again and three patients have expired in the district till date. As per the opinion of experts, an outbreak of the disease was expected in winter, but the exact opposite is being observed now when the temperature has started to rise.
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http://www.deshdoot.com/news.php?new...egion=Deshdoot

[Ronan Kelly]

Five-month-old baby dies of swine flu
Express news service : Thu Mar 21 2013, 02:50 hrs



A five-month-old baby from Bhimpura lane in Pune Camp area has become the latest victim of the swine flu virus in the state.

The death of the baby is the first among the paediatric age group registered by the Pune Municipal Corporation health authorities from January this year.

The baby was suffering from fever, cough and cold as well as sore throat from March 16. According to PMC health officials, the baby was treated at the outpatient department of Jehangir hospital and advised immediate admission. However, the baby was admitted only on March 18, after it displayed more symptoms like breathlessness. It died the same day. According to doctors, the baby died due to cardio-respiratory arrest and broncho-pneumonia, along with septic shock and multi-organ dysfunction. This is the seventh death registered at PMC hospitals, since January this year. Last year, too, a sudden spurt had seen a sharp rise in the number of swine flu cases in March.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/fi...e-flu/1091219/

[Ronan Kelly]

Via Times of India's SpeedNews service;

Swine flu Two more people died of swine flu in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Friday.By Umesh Isalkar, Pune 4 hours ago via email
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/19132032.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Details of the cases from the post immediately above;

2 more swine flu deaths
Express news service : Pune, Sat Mar 23 2013, 02:22 hrs



Two more swine flu deaths were registered in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad on Friday. A 45-year-old man from Kalewadi phata died at Aditya Birla hospital at Thergaon and a 33-year-old man from Phursungi in Pune district too succumbed to the virus (H1N1) at Nobel Hospital, Hadapsar. This is the eighth H1N1 death at hospitals in Pune and the sixth in Pimpri Chinchwad since January.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/2-...eaths/1092132/

[tetano]

4 patients infected with H1N1; critical

PUNE: As many as 15 people infected with swine flu are being treated at different hospitals in Pune, while the condition of four patients down with the contagion is critical. All of them have been put on ventilator support.

"The critical patients are from areas in and around Pune. They have presented with severe symptoms of swine flu. In some cases, the patients delayed in seeking medical treatment, and this led to worsening of their condition," said a health official of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)

Taking medicine without consultation and delaying treatment can aggravate the condition. Health officials said the increase in the swine flu cases could be due to widely fluctuating and erratic climate and temperatures characterized by hotter days and colder nights experienced at present in the region.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19171729.cms

[tetano]

25 people test positive for swine flu in Pimpri Chinchwad


PUNE: As many as 23,821 people suffered from influenza like illness (ILI) in PimpriChinchwad in the last three months. Of them 25 people tested positive for swine flu so far, said officials from PimpriChinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC).

""The virus has infected 25 people and claimed lives of six of them between January 1 and March 24,"" said a civic health official.
As many as 2,24,036 people were examined during this period and throat swab samples of 105 people were sent to National Institute of Virology and another designated private laboratory for tests.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19171481.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

Treat swine flu like normal flu, Centre tells health authorities
Anuradha Mascarenhas : Tue Mar 26 2013, 01:33 hrs
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According to state surveillance officer Dr Pradip Awate, there have been 29 deaths in Maharashtra since January, of which 13 are from Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad alone.
A total of 118 persons were found positive with the swine flu infection and eight deaths were registered at PMC hospital, while 10 patients were admitted to various hospitals with four on ventilator support.
In Pimpri-Chinchwad, out of the 25 persons tested positive for swine flu, there have been six deaths. A total of 3,043 persons have been given tamiflu tablet in PCMC areas.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/tr...ties/1093348/0

[Ronan Kelly]

H1N1 death toll 3 in 5 days, 11 since January (Pune)

A 40-year-old man from Urali Kanchan in Haveli tehsil died on Tuesday at Noble hospital taking the swine flu (H1N1) death toll to three since Friday and 11 since January. On Sunday, a 30-year-old man from Chinchwad succumbed to the virus at Poona hospital and on Friday, a 51-year-old man from Yerawada, who had diabetes and TB, died at Ruby Hall Clinic.
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Since January, 956 throat swabs were sent for testing and 127 tested positive for H1N1. While 11 have died, authorities said 99 patients were treated successfully. At present 13 patients are in hospital wards while four are in ICUs.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/h1...nuary/1093892/

14 more test positive for swine flu in the district

30-year-old man dies of H1N1 at Poona Hospital; toll mounts to 17

Pune Mirror Bureau

Posted On Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at 08:18:09 AM

On Tuesday, 14 more swine flu positive cases were detected in the district. Meanwhile, the H1N1 death toll rose to 17 as the swab of a 30-year-old patient who died on March 24 at Poona Hospital, tested positive, doctors said.

“The victim, Haral Sunil Ramdas, was admitted to the hospital on March 19. He succumbed to his illness on Sunday at 2.20 pm,” said Dr S T Pardeshi, chief medical officer, Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC).

Other victims who succumbed to H1N1 are Sanjay Pawar (51) and Balasaheb Memane (40). Pawar, a resident of Yerwada, died at Ruby Hall Clinic on March 22. Memane, a resident of Haveli taluka, was admitted to Noble Hospital and died on Tuesday at 6.40 am after undergoing treatment for over 15 days at the hospital.
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http://www.punemirror.in/article/2/2...-district.html

[Ronan Kelly]

Swine flu claims life of 70-yr-old

Express news service : Thu Mar 28 2013, 00:24 hrs

A 70-year-old man from Sanjola tehsil of Solapur district, who had high fever and cough for four days, died at Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital on Wednesday due to swine flu infection. The patient had also been treated earlier for ischaemic heart disease.

The man, who had been unwell since March 8, was initially admitted to Yashodhara hospital at Solapur, but was shifted to Pune's Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital on March 12.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sw...yrold/1094121/

[Ronan Kelly]

35-yr-old man dies of swine flu in Nashik

Nashik | Wednesday, Mar 27 2013 IST



A 35-year-old man died of swine flu at Tisgaon village in Deola taluka of the district.

Mothabhau Jibhau Ahire had been admitted to a private hospital with symptoms of swine flu like cold and cough. His condition worsened and he was shifted to genetal hospital at Malegaon where he died yesterday.
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http://news.webindia123.com/news/Art...7/2179402.html

[Ronan Kelly]

via Times of India's SpeedNews service;

Swine flu Two more people died of swine flu in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad, taking the number of deaths due to the infection in these neighbouring cities to 20 since January.By Umesh Isalkar, Pune 3 hours ago via email
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/s...w/19258973.cms

Swine flu claims two more lives in Pune, toll touches 20
Express news service : Fri Mar 29 2013, 01:57 hrs

A 32-year-old Ambegaon resident and a 45-year-old from Maval tehsil in Pune district died of swine flu on Thursday, taking the toll since January to 20.

The 32-year-old suffered a cardiopulmonary arrest. The alcoholic and gutkha-tobacco addict had been suffering from fever and knee pain since March 18.
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/sw...es-20/1094670/

see also;
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c...w/19269095.cms

[Ronan Kelly]

29th March:
Swine flu spreads further – two more positive patients, 11 under investigation:
Amidst rising summer heat and drinking water woes, Jalgaon has one more pain point in form of rising cases of swine flu. A few days ago Jalgaon based youth died of swine flu while being under treatment at Pune. Yesterday Jalgaon civil hospital has confirmed two patients positive of swine flu infection. This increased one Czechoslovakia citizen aged 55years on tour to India and another 65years aged lady under private treatment in Jalgaon. Many other private hospitals have also witnessed such patients have sent reports for investigation.
http://ejalgaon.com/today/newstoday.html