Swine flu continues its surge, toll reaches 93

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Swine flu continues its surge, toll reaches 93



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Published: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 at 21:47 IST
New Delhi, Aug 28 Swine flu continued its surge with four more persons including a three-year-old child dying of the pandemic, taking the nationwide toll due to the deadly virus to 93 even as 139 fresh cases were detected today across the country.

While the deadly contagion claimed three lives in Karnataka with two dying in Bangalore and one in Bijapur, another person succumbed to the virus at Nasik in Maharashtra.

A three-year-old boy Gowdappa Biradar became the youngest swine flu victim in Karnataka, health officials said in Bangalore.

Admitted to a private hospital at Bijapur with swine flu symptoms on August 23, Biradar died on August 26 but report of his throat swab confirming H1N1 status was received today, they said.

Two women -- Sowbhagya (48) and Azra Kausar (35) also succumbed to the virus at a private hosptial in Bangalore.

While Sowbhagya died on August 26, Kausar died today, they said.

A 39-year-old swine flu patient M Shaikh, who was undergoing treatment at MGM Hospital in Navi Mumbai for the last ten days and was shifted to D Y Patil Hospital in the same area yesterday died last night, a health official said.

Maharashtra, the worst-hit state, now accounts for 47 fatalities -- 25 in Pune, ten in Mumbai, eight in Nasik, two in Aurangabad and one each in Dhule and Latur whereas 23 people have died in Karnataka.
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[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Swine flu continues its surge, toll reaches 93

Virus now claims 23 in state
TNN 29 August 2009, 02:53am IST
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BANGALORE: Three more succumbed to H1N1 flu in the state on Friday, taking the toll to 23. Two more women from Bangalore -- Sowbhagya, 48, and Azar
Kausar, 35 -- and Gowdappa Suresh Biradar, 3, from Bijapur died.

While Sowbhagya died on Wednesday at Suguna Hospital, Azra Kausar passed away at Sagar Hospital on Friday. uguna Hospital, CEO, Dr S Ranganath said: "Sowbhagya was on Tamiflu for the last three days but died due to acute respiratory disease syndrome on Wednesday. But her test report that confirmed her as a positive case came only on Friday, two days after her death.''

Sagar Hospital medical administrator, Dr Lohith Nadig, said: "Azar Kausar was from Gurappana Agrahara and was brought to our hospital three days ago. Earlier, she was at Seva Kendra Hospital, and was later referred to Rajiv Gandhi Hospital. Since they had a shortage of ventilators, she was brought to Sagar Hospital. Though she was on Tamiflu, she died due to ARDS and pneumonia complication.

In Bijapur, three-year-old Goudappa Suresh Biradar of Tavarakhed village ofSindagi taluka succumbed to H1N1 on Tuesday night. He was confirmed as a positive case only on Thursday.

The child's parents had migrated to Pune. On August 19, the child caught a fever. Parents took him to their local doctor and on the night of August 20, they left for their native place and reached Bijapur on August 21 in the morning. Before going to their native village Taravarakhed, they took the child to a Sindagi-based doctor. On August 22, they admitted the child at Dr. L H Bidari Children's Hospital in Bijapur. The doctors on suspecting it could be an H1N1 case, called the district hospital doctors for the child to be tested.
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