Fatalities in Chandigarh, 59 total 8 from UT, 26 Punjab, 13 Haryana, 7 Himachal, 1 UP, 4 unk.

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Two fall victim to swine flu in Chandigarh

STAFF WRITER 21:17 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Dec 5 (PTI) Two persons have died of swine flu here as seven more persons tested positive for the disease, a health official said today.

The first victim was a 25-year-old woman from Nawashahr in Punjab who had been admitted to PGIMER here and was put on ventilator support. She died yesterday, Union Territory's Nodal Officer for swine flu H C Gera said today.

A 53-year-old man, who tested positive for the virus and was admitted to the GMCH-32 hospital here also died yesterday, he said.
Meanwhile, Gera said seven more persons -- five from Punjab, one each from Haryana and Chandigarh -- had tested positive for the infection today.

Five days back, a 16-year-old school girl and a 27-year-old maid servant had died due to swine-flu in the city.

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CHANDIGARH/MOHALI: With the spread of H1N1 influenza not showing any signs of abating, 12 persons were detected positive for the flu on Saturday.

Of these, five cases were reported from Mohali alone. Three persons have fallen prey to the flu during the last few days.
UT nodal officer for swine flu H C Gera said an eight-year-old, a student of Class III at Ryan International School, was found infected with H1N1. The student?s parents are doctors. After the flu status was confirmed, the school suspended all sections of Class III for one week, the officer said, adding that students who used to travel in the patient?s bus had also been asked to remain home for the same period. A 25-year-old from Yamunanagar in Haryana also tested positive for the flu at PGI.

Meanwhile, UT officer Gera said five positive cases were reported from various parts of Punjab. These included a woman and her 15-day-old child. The mother gave birth to twins after which she developed symptoms of swine flu and on collecting the samples she tested positive, after which the newborns were checked and one was found infected. In Mohali, five persons were found infected with swine flu, taking the total number of positive cases to be detected in the district to 25. If those whose swab samples were sent to Chandigarh hospitals for testing are also taken into
consideration, the number would climb up to 37.

Of the five cases detected on Saturday, one is a nursing student at Fortis Hospital. Mohali district health officer S P Surila said the hospital had been asked to identify the contact cases.

DHO Surila said as there were 70 students in the nursing college, the hospital had been asked to find out if anybody had caught the infection. ??We have advised them not to let students attend to patients for their training programme and we?ve been assured full cooperation,?? the officer said. Of the remaining four cases, one case each was reported from Sector 69, Sector 67, Saini Vihar Baltana and Kurali.

In Sector 69, a 25-year-old woman was found positive. She is a staff nurse at PGI Chandigarh. From Baltana, a woman was found infected with H1N1, from Sector 67, a resident of Guru Har Sahai Society tested positive and her nine contact cases had been identified already. A 24-year-old youth from Kurali was also found infected. Surila said all the positive cases had been asked to contact the emergency department of civil hospital for their treatment.

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Three more swine flu fatalities in Chandigarh

STAFF WRITER 22:1 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Dec 7 (PTI) Three people, one of them a middle-aged woman, succumbed to the dreaded swine flu in the Union Territory of Chandigarh today.

A 45-year-old woman from Hoshiarpur, a man, also aged 45 and hailing from Jalandhar, and a villager from Zirkapur, near here, died of the illness, a health official said.

The villager died in a private hospital and the other two at PGIMER here, H C Gera, Nodal Officer for swine flu cases, said.

All the three were brought here yesterday in serious condition, he said adding five more H1N1 cases were reported in the city today.

So far, 170 people, including 50 school students, have been afflicted with illness in the Union Territory.

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Swine flu patient dies in PGI
STAFF WRITER 20:33 HRS IST
Jalandhar, Dec 7 (PTI) A 45-year-old, city-based swine flu patient today died in PGI, Chandigarh, where he was admitted recently for treatment.

The patient identified as Harbhajan Singh (45), resident of Aman Nagar locality of the district was recently tested positive for H1N1 virus and was admitted to PGI, Chandigarh, died today, Dr TP Singh, Epidemiologist of Civil Hospital here told reporters.

"Now, we will conduct a thorough survey to find out that before getting admitted to PGI, with whom the patient came into contact and if symptoms of the virus is found in them, Tamiflu tablets will be distributed besides keeping them in isolation ward," Dr Singh added.

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Three more succumb to swine flu in Chandigarh
STAFF WRITER 21:42 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Dec 8 (PTI) Three more swine flu fatalities were reported in the Union Territory where seven H1N1 cases surfaced today, a health official said.

A man each hailing from Hoshiarpur, Patiala and Chandigarh succumbed to the illness at PGIMER here, he said.With mercury dipping in Chandigarh and neighbouring areas, the city is witnessing an increase in the number of swine flu cases.

So far, 175 people, including over 50 school children, have contracted the disease in the city, the official said.

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Chandigarh, Dec 10 (IANS) The fear of swine flu has pressed the panic button in this union territory. With the advent of winter, there has been a sudden surge in the number of positive cases of the influenza A (H1N1) virus reported in city hospitals.
Till Oct 31, only 57 positive cases were reported here but during the next 40 days, up to Dec 10, Chandigarh got 139 new confirmed cases, raising the number of positive cases to 196.

At least 25 casualties have been reported in this region.

?We have screened 617 suspected cases of swine flu and 196 of them tested positive. Out of these, 111 belonged to Chandigarh while remaining cases are from Punjab and Haryana,? a health official said Thursday.

?FIftysix cases were reported from different schools (49 alone from private schools) whereas over 30 were doctors working in leading hospitals of Chandigarh,? he added.
In the last three days, seven deaths due to swine flu and at least 15 new cases have been reported in city hospitals.

A testing facility is available here at the virology department of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), which is also catering to the needs of neighbouring states like Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.

Isolation ward facilities are available here at PGIMER and at government hospitals in Sector-16 and at the Government Medical College and Hospital in Sector 32.

?Our health department is fully equipped with all the necessary equipment like face masks, anti viral drugs (Tamiflu) and laboratory facilities for preventing and controlling swine flu cases. There is no need to panic and we are capable of handling any kind of emergency situation,? H.C. Gera, UT nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS Thursday.



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My comment - Does this mean that there are 25 deaths in Chandigarh?

Chandigarh Reports Two More Swine Flu Deaths
Last Updated: 2009-12-12

Two more swine flu death cases are reported today from Chandigarh. The victims who succumbed to this disease are a two-month-old baby boy, Harshit and a 45-year-old woman, Kamlesh. Harshit belong to the neighboring Mohali town and Kamlesh hails from the Panchkula town in Haryana.

Kamlesh was earlier admitted to a Panchkula hospital and was then shifted to the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research in Chandigarh. Health officials of the respective areas have asked to provide quarantine people to all those people who have been in contact with the succumbed victims.

Till now, about 210 people have been tested positive for the H1N1 virus in Chandigarh hospitals. Over 25 people have already died of this deadly disease.

As the temperature dips, the health officials are growing more concerned about the spread of the virus. In the last one week there have been 10 deaths and 25 new positive cases in the Chandigarh city.

G.C.Bansal, officiating nodal officer for swine flu in Chandigarh said, "With a decline in mercury levels, people are becoming more prone to swine flu. However, there is no need to panic

[Ronan Kelly]

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JimO - Chandigarh is the last port of call for patients from the neighboring states of Punjab and Haryana as well as residents of Chandigarh Union Territory itself. The fatalities happen in Chandigarh, but get counted in the State of residence. As of Dec 12, the Official Chandigarh tally is 4, Punjab 7, Haryana 11, (total 22) with several more fatalities reported, but still waiting to be added to the National tally.

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Unrelenting flu: One dead, 16 test positive
TNN 14 December 2009, 05:24am ISTText Size:|Topics:H1N1
GMCH

CHANDIGARH: As the wave of H1N1 influenza peaks, the Tricity too finds itself caught in the middle of the pandemic that shows no signs of abating.

The latest to fall victim to swine flu is a 65-year-old man from Dadumajra. Besides him, 16 persons tested positive for H1N1.

The fifth to die of the influenza in Chandigarh, Babu Ram was admitted in GMCH-32 in a critical condition on Saturday. Doctors say Babu Ram was suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and was put on ventilator support. He died on Sunday morning.
COPD refers to chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of two commonly co-existing diseases of the lungs in which the airways narrow, leading to limited flow of air to and from lungs, causing shortness of breath. In the past few months, 27 flu deaths have been reported in Chandigarh, of which five have been city residents. With the numbers mounting, 236 persons have been found to be carrying the flu in Chandigarh. These include 57 local students. The latest H1N1 patients include a doctor from department of community medicine at GMCH-32, a four-year-old boy from Sector 43, two siblings, a 54-year-old woman from Sector 9 and a 50-year-old from Railway Colony.
Two persons from Haryana and four from Panjab who were admitted at city hospitals also tested positive for swine flu. Besides these, four positive cases were reported from Mohali. These include a Derabassi resident, a four-year-old who has been admitted in civil hospital, a resident of Dashmesh Nagar and a 28-year-old woman, who?s being treated at Fortis Hospital.

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More docs to treat H1N1 patients
TNN 20 December 2009, 05:05am IST
CHANDIGARH: With the number of swine flu cases going up in the city, a UT health department technical committee on Saturday declared that the infection now fell under the category of community spread, according to central government guidelines.

The panel decided to increase the doctors authorized to prescribe tamiflu. For this, Indian Medical Association has been asked to submit the names of 10 doctors who could be extended the authorization.
This was decided during a review meeting convened by UT home-cum-health secretary Ram Niwas on Saturday with members of the expert committee.

In the wake of falling temperatures and increase in the number of cases, the health secretary asked PGI and GMCH-32 to enhance their capacity for tertiary care. To cope with the increasing number of H1N1 cases, it was also decided that the possibility to rope in Command Hospital, Chandimandir, would be explored.
The officer said with a number of patients trickling in from the region, the Haryana chief secretary, health, had been asked to develop ICU facilities at Rohtak, Agroha and Mullana.

Taking a serious note of reports that some private laboratories had collected samples from suspected H1N1 carriers, and sent them to Delhi, the health secretary warned against this practice.

Out of 32 swine flu deaths reported in city hospitals so far, 15 persons belonged to Punjab, 10 were from Haryana and five were residents of Chandigarh. As many as 270 persons have tested positive for H1N1 so far. Of these, 70 belong to Punjab, 63 are from Haryana and the remaining 133 are from Chandigarh.

Two more swine flu deaths were reported from Chandigarh hospitals on Saturday. The patients are Sham Sunder Gupta, 26, from Baddi in Himachal Pradesh and Praveen Kumari, 32, from Zirakpur, Punjab. Both died in PGI on Friday night. One positive case from Ambala, a 25-year-old man, was also reported. Four samples were also collected.

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[Ronan Kelly]

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H1N1 claims four more lives

STAFF WRITER 20:18 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Dec 21 (PTI) Four more people, including two women, succumbed to the swine flu in Punjab and Haryana taking the number of fatalities from H1N1 virus in the region to 38.

Three, one of them a woman, died in the Union Territory of Chandigarh and one in Amritsar, the first flu death in the holy city.

Narinder Pathania, a bank employee, Santoshi Rani, a resident of Sirmour in HP, and Manohar Lal, hailing from Haryana's Yamunanagar district, all hospitalised here, died of illness, swine flu nodal officer H C Gera said.

Five more, who tested positive, were hospitalised in the city taking the number of those contracting the virus to 282 in the region, he said.

Sarbjit Kaur, a resident of Chabba village in Amritsar, succumbed to the swine flu in a private hospital, an official said.

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[Ronan Kelly]

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4 more die of swine flu
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 23
Four more persons succumbed to swine flu here today, raising the death toll to 41. The number of H1N1 patients has risen to 293, with new cases being reported during the day. Of these, two patients are from Chandigarh, three from Haryana and one from HP.

The global pandemic continues to spread in the city and surrounding areas. Deaths were reported from Panchkula, Nabha, Nahan and Pinjore. The deceased have been identified as 22-year-old Manju from Pinjore, Rani (38) from Nahan, Priya (17) from Nabha and Shivkant (28) from Panchkula.

So far, the maximum number of 17 deaths have been reported from Punjab. Haryana comes second with 13 deaths. HC Gera, nodal officer for swine flu, said with the fall in temperature, the rate of viral infection increased.

A doctor at the PGI said the weather was favourable for the spread of infections and swine flu cases would increase. Students and office goers are at a higher risk of contracting the infection.

How to be safe

Use disposable tissues and cover the mouth and nose while coughing and sneezing. Dispose of the tissue carefully.
There is always some virus on tabletops, telephones and computers. Try not to touch eyes, nose and mouth frequently.
Washing and sanitising hands frequently is a very effective way of staying away from the infection. Alcohol-based gel or foam hand sanitisers are efficient in killing the virus.
There is no restriction on food and drinks as swine flu is not a food-borne disease. It is transmitted by air-borne droplets from an infected person?s sneeze or cough, or from germs on hands, or germ-laden surfaces.
Wearing a well-fitted mask in public places is advisable. But only a mask can?t save you from the disease.
Drink loads of water and get enough sleep. Sleep deprivation is an unhealthy habit and could affect the immune system.
Stay at least 3 ft away from people with respiratory infection.
If you already have it

Confine yourself to a room and wear a mask.
Keep yourself away from public places to avoid spreading the infection to others.
Swine flu is most contagious in the initial five days. In the case of children, it can be contagious up to 10 days.

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Swine flu kills one in the city, toll rises to 41

STAFF WRITER 21:24 HRS IST
Chandigarh, Dec 24 (PTI) Swine flu today claimed the life of a person in the city, taking the pandemic toll in the region to 41.

Asha Devi of Himachal Pradesh succumbed to the virus in a city hospital, a health official here said.

Meanwhile, six more positive swine flu cases were registered here taking the number of such patients to 305.

Two girls, one aged two and a half years and the other in her teens, died of swine flu yesterday in Faridkot district of Punjab which has reported a total of 26 deaths so far due to the deadly disease.

Five positive cases were also registered in Ludhiana, Jalandhar and Bathinda taking the total number of such patients to 157 in Punjab.

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Woman dies of swine flu at PGI
Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 24
One more person died of swine flu here today and two new cases each were reported from the city and Punjab and one each from Haryana and Himachal.

?A middle-aged woman, Aasha Devi, had been admitted to the PGI for some time and died this morning,? HC Gera, nodal officer for swine flu. Those who tested positive include a 24-year-old doctor from the internal medicine department at the PGI.

So far, 42 persons have died of swine flu in city hospitals, including six from Chandigarh, 17 from Punjab and 13 from Haryana while over 299 persons have tested positive.

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[Ronan Kelly]

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Six swine flu deaths in Chandigarh
December 27th, 2009 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS -
Chandigarh, Dec 26 (IANS) Six people died of swine flu at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) here Saturday, taking the toll in the union territory to 48, health officials said.
?Six patients - four men and two women - died here today (Saturday) of swine flu. They included three from Punjab and one each from Chandigarh, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh,? H.C. Gera, the nodal officer for swine flu, told IANS.

This was the maximum number of deaths on a single day in Chandigarh.

So far, over 725 suspected cases of swine flu have been screened in Chandigarh hospitals, of which over 300 tested positive.



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