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Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai

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One more dies of swine flu in Mumbai, toll rises to 10

STAFF WRITER 23:17 HRS IST
Mumbai, Jul 3 (PTI) With the death of a 51-year-old man due to swine flu, the toll due to the disease rose to 10 in the last two months.

"The victim, a resident of Santacruz, who was suffering from hypertension, died at a private hospital here last night.

He was hospitalised on June 25 and had completed his five-day Tamiflu course," a health official said.

This is the first death in July due to swine flu, seven deaths have been reported in June and two in May.

Over 120 people have tested positive for swine flu in Mumbai. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has put up caution boards at all chemist shops and have also issued advisory to schools to be on alert about the possible outbreak of swine flu.
http://ptinews.com/news/762678_One-more-dies-of-swine-flu-in-Mumbai--toll-rises-to-10
 
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http://www.hindustantimes.com/51-yr-old-dies-of-swine-flu-14-more-test-positive/Article1-567092.aspx

51-yr-old dies of swine flu, 14 more test positive
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, July 04, 2010
First Published: 01:01 IST(4/7/2010)
Last Updated: 01:03 IST(4/7/2010)

A 51-year-old man from Santacruz died of swine flu-related complications at a private hospital on Friday, taking the total swine flu toll in the city to eight this monsoon and 10 this year.

The latest victim was admitted to hospital on June 25 and administered Tamiflu on the same day.

?There was no delay in treatment, but he suffered from hypertension so that made him more vulnerable,? said Dr Daksha Shah of the municipal epidemiology cell.

Fourteen others, including five children and a pregnant woman, tested positive for the H1N1 virus on Saturday.

There was also a marked rise in the number of cases of rain-related illnesses, with 102 cases of malaria, 117 cases of gastroenteritis, two cases of dengue and about 200 cases of fever reported on Saturday.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has responded with a vector-control programme in the city?s old, congested and damp mill areas, with support from the Mumbai fire department.

Firemen have been roped in to carry out fogging to keep mosquitoes away.

The programme was flagged off on Saturday at India United Mill Number 3, Prabhadevi. Stagnant water that collects on the roofs and in dilapidated ruins of old mills will be sprayed with insecticide to curb the dengue and malaria-causing mosquito population.
 
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20 L (2 million)pregnant women may get H1N1 vaccine
Prafulla Marpakwar, TNN, Jul 7, 2010, 01.25am IST


Tags:vaccine|Pregnant women|
MUMBAI: Taking a cue from the Kerala government, the state public health department is considering administering an anti-swine flu vaccine to over 20 lakh pregnant women.

"We have carefully studied the Kerala model on the swine flu vaccine. A comprehensive proposal has been submitted to the government, it will cost the state exchequer Rs 80 crore if it is administered free of cost," a senior public health official told TOI on Tuesday.

Ever since the swine flu vaccine was made available, Kerala became the first state to administer it free of cost to pregnant women. In Maharashtra, a comprehensive three-tier plan was drafted for administration of the swine flu vaccine to doctors, paramedical staff and all employees in government hospitals. "It was unfortunate that barring a few doctors and paramedical staff, most have refused it. We have decided to return the remaining quota of the vaccine to the Centre," he said.

According to the official, following last year's outbreak in Maharashtra, particularly in Pune and later in parts of Mumbai, it appeared that the disease, which is accompanied by high fever, was well under control. However, now in view of the emergence of fresh cases and that too in a large number, it is clear that more effort will be required to tackle the disease.

The public health department has also conducted an analysis of the deceased. It was found that of 71 patients, 14 died at home, nine on the first day in hospital, eight after two days, five after three days. The maximum number of patients were in the age group of 21 to 30 (29), followed by 31 to 40 (11) and 41 to 50 (9). In only one case, the patient was not administered Tamiflu.

"We have already launched a massive awareness campaign but more effort is required. Besides educational institutes, NGOs should join our campaign. Even on a slight suspicion, the patient must consult a doctor and if required, start the Tamiflu treatment," the official said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...-may-get-H1N1-vaccine/articleshow/6136729.cms
 
Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest M/51 7/3)

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8 more children test positive for swine flu in Mumbai
Jyoti Shelar / DNAThursday, July 8, 2010 0:36 IST Email


Mumbai: Sixteen people, including eight children and a pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu in the city on Wednesday. Four of them were admitted to hospitals, and the remaining 12 were quarantined at home.


The swine flu pandemicThe first seven days of July have seen 104 people test positive for swine flu. The whole of June had seen 100 falling prey to the disease. Health authorities are particularly worried as 37 of the 104 are minors.

“The virus is present in the air, and the children are bound to get affected because of their low resistance,” Daksha Shah, head of the epidemiology cell of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), said. The health workers are visiting residential areas and identifying symptoms of swine flu and the usual monsoon-related diseases as well, she added.

All government doctors dealing with H1N1 patients will soon have to sign a form, either consenting or declining to take the injectable swine flu vaccine. The decision was taken at a general review meeting held on Tuesday by Sharvaree Gokhale, additional chief secretary, public health.

“All medical and paramedical staff dealing with swine flu patients will have to sign the form. They can either take the vaccine, or declare that the health authorities should not be held responsible if they contract the disease,” Gokhale said. The forms will be distributed in the next three days.

The health authorities had been mulling over the issue for the past few weeks after the doctors showed very little interest in taking the French-made injectable vaccine. Gokhale said that the vaccines had been procured for the safety of the doctors. “Some 2,400 doctors across the state have taken the vaccine. No toxic side effect of the vaccine has been recorded so far,” she added.

The government procured 34,300 doses of the injectable vaccine, named Panenza, in March. The imported vaccine arrived after the swine flu scare had subsided, and found few takers. Most of the doctors prefer to use the swine flu nasal spray, which they believe has fewer side effects as it is non-invasive.

Gokhale said that the current status of the spread of H1N1, as well as the monsoon-related diseases, was discussed at Tuesday’s meeting. “No new decision was taken. Our strategy remains the same. The swine flu situation is not as frightening as it had been last year,” she said.
http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_8-more-children-test-positive-for-swine-flu-in-mumbai_1406842
 
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2 fall prey to rain-related ailments
TNN, Jul 8, 2010, 12.16am IST

MUMBAI: A 50-year-old man died of malaria,while another 41-year-old succumbed to the H1N1 virus on Wednesday.

A resident of Dahisar, the 50-year-old was admitted to a hospital since June 29. But due to complications he lost his life. This takes the toll of malaria-related deaths to six.

Meanwhile in the other case, Purshottam Kamat, a hotelier, died of swine flu. Kamat had approached a local doctor in Vasai with complaints of swine flu-like symptoms-high fever and cough-on Tuesday. The doctor administered medication and he returned home. At around 5 am on Wednesday, his condition deteriorated and he was taken to Golden Park Hospital where he died.

According to chief health officer of Vasai taluka Dr Anil Yadav, Kamat's symptoms were that of swine flu. We have sent his blood samples for testing.

Meanwhile, about 248 patients running a temperature were admitted to various hospitals across the city on Wednesday. Around 100 cases of malaria, 78 cases of gastroenteritis, 2 cases of leptospirosis and one case of dengue was reported.


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ain-related-ailments-/articleshow/6140579.cms
 
Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest M/41 7/7)

Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest M/41 7/7)

Doctors rush to take swine flu vaccine

Mumbai: With swine flu cases soaring in the monsoon, medical professionals, who were until now apprehensive of taking the H1N1 vaccine, are suddenly making a beeline for it.


The change in attitude, say civic authorities, is a result of their sensitisation workshops, coupled with the rising graph of positive cases in the city and the state.

Unlike in June, when just about 70-odd doctors from civic hospitals had come forward to take the vaccine, the number has jumped to 380 within the first few days of this month.

?The willingness to take the vaccine among doctors had gone up significantly,? confirmed Dr Guirish Ambe, executive health officer, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). ?The sensitisation workshops are motivating many to take the vaccine,? said Ambe.

The civic-run Sion hospital that was provided with 500 vaccine doses has consumed a part of it. According to its dean Dr Sandhya Kamath, ?More than 150 doses of the vaccine have already been administered to hospital staff.? She added that hospital staffers have been asking for them on their own now.

Surprisingly, however, doctors at one of the city?s busiest tertiary care hospital, KEM in Parel, still seem to be scared. A hospital insider said, ?Only four people ? a lab technician and three doctors ? have taken the vaccine so far.? The KEM hospital was given 200 doses by the BMC. The BMC has maintained that no side effects of the vaccine have been recorded so far.

Even private hospitals like PD Hinduja at Mahim and Sushrusha hospital at Chembur have taken doses to vaccinate its staffers. Since the onset of monsoon, swine flu cases have multiplied, with 224 people having tested positive in Mumbai so far.

On Thursday, 20 more people, including six children, tested positive.

http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_doctors-rush-to-take-swine-flu-vaccine_1407250
 
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Two die of swine flu in Mumbai

STAFF WRITER 21:55 HRS IST
Mumbai, Jul 9 (PTI) Two persons succumbed to swine flu in the past two days here, taking the H1N1 death toll in the city to three so far this month, BMC health officials said today.

A resident of suburban Goregaon, aged 52, died due to swine flu on July 7, while an 80-year-old woman succumbed to the disease yesterday, BMC Health Officer G T Ambe said.

Both died while undergoing treatment in private hospitals here, the official said.

According to health officials, 20 persons, who have tested positive for the disease in the city are being treated.

Since May, 12 persons have died of swine flu in Mumbai.
http://ptinews.com/news/778183_Two-die-of-swine-flu-in-Mumbai
 
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Woman dies of malaria; 15 more test positive for swine flu in Mumbai
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

July 13, 2010First Published: 01:44 IST(13/7/2010)
Last Updated: 01:46 IST(13/7/2010)
A 55-year-old woman from Kurla succumbed to malaria at Sion Hospital on Sunday. She had been admitted to the hospital on the same day. This is the fifth malaria death in the city in July. ?The patient was suffering from diabetes as well as hypertension, which made her more susceptible to malarial infection. Late admission to the hospital
and, therefore, late diagnosis could have led to her death,? said Dr G.T. Ambe, executive health officer, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Fifteen more people in the city, including two children, also tested positive for swine flu on Monday; taking the total number of H1N1 cases recorded this month to 165.

Of these patients, four are admitted in hospitals, while 11 have been quarantined at home.

Among other rain-related illnesses, civic hospitals recorded 112 cases of malaria, 96 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and two cases of dengue on Monday.

The BMC also conducted health check-up camps at Sanjay Gandhi Nagar (E-ward), Sawarpada (R-North ward), Manipada (H-East ward), Halav Pool (L-ward) and Kamla Raman Nagar (M-East ward).

A total of 1,090 people were tested for rain-related illnesses at these health camps and 264 patients who were suffering from fever, 321 had cough and 79 suffering from diarrhoea were treated.

Blood samples of 138 patients were also tested for malaria.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/Woman...-for-swine-flu-in-Mumbai/Article1-571524.aspx
 
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Report on the death of a 46 yo Laxmibai Patil at Kasturba hospital Mumbai.

Google: Hindi to English translation
Panvel Talukyat swine Floocha another बळी
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 AT 12:45 AM (IST)
Tags: swine flu, health, new panwel, mumbai

New Panvel - Panvel Talukyatil Peadhe Gavat Rahnaarzya Unison Mahhilecha swine Floochaya आजारामुळे Jhala death. Laxmibai Patil Ase aahe Tiche boat. Or are Shuru Mahhilewara Mumbai Yethil Kaasturba Arughnaalyat treatment.

Talukyat Maagil Atadyat Shukapuar Gavatil Suvarna Arogya Yethil Zalyanantar उबाळे Yonchahi swine flu or death आजारामुळे Avihagachya uncontrolled कारभारामुळे Yethil Arogyache Tineter Ajle Aslyachi Batmee "सकाळ 'is the famous Kelly.

Laxmibai Patil (age 46) Yonchyavar Kahi Diasanpeassun Kamothe Yethil Mlji.amal Treatment consists Arughnaalyat Suru. Distressing nature Tyaanchi असल्यामुळे Tyaann तत्काळ Mumbai Yethil Kaasturba Arughnaalyat Ahlwynyat are shelf. Shuru Asatana Yethe Treatment Information Talukyachya Medical Officer Dr Rajendra Ehkarae Zalayachi Tyaancha death Yonnee heartwarming. Khanda Talukyat Aasaht, and the other three Tiqanchaya Kamothe Arughnaann Five swine flu or Ajarachi Alagon aahe Zali. Tyaanchyavar औषधोपचार Aahet Shuru. Nagrikannee health Aviagane Jaheer Kaelealya Ssaodhgirichya Upiyojana Amlat Anawyat, Ase called upon Dr. Ehkarae Yonnee aahe bananas.

Original Marathi:
पनवेल तालुक्*यात स्वाईन फ्लूचा दुसरा बळी
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Tuesday, July 13, 2010 AT 12:45 AM (IST)
Tags: swine flu, health, new panwel, mumbai

नवीन पनवेल - पनवेल तालुक्*यातील पडघे गावात राहणाऱ्या एका महिलेचा स्वाईन फ्लूच्या आजारामुळे मृत्यू झाला. तिचे नाव लक्ष्मीबाई पाटील असे आहे. या महिलेवर मुंबई येथील कस्तुरबा रुग्णालयात उपचार सुरू होते.

तालुक्*यात मागील आठवड्यात सुकापूर गावातील सुवर्णा उबाळे यांचाही स्वाईन फ्लू या आजारामुळे मृत्यू झाल्यानंतर येथील आरोग्य विभागाच्या अनियंत्रित कारभारामुळे येथील आरोग्याचे तीनतेरा वाजले असल्याची बातमी "सकाळ'ने प्रसिद्ध केली होती.

लक्ष्मीबाई पाटील (वय 46) यांच्यावर काही दिवसांपासून कामोठे येथील एम.जी.एम. रुग्णालयात उपचार सुरु होते. त्यांची प्रकृती चिंताजनक असल्यामुळे त्यांना तत्काळ मुंबई येथील कस्तुरबा रुग्णालयात हलविण्यात आले होते. येथे उपचार सुरू असताना त्यांचा मृत्यू झाल्याची माहिती तालुक्*याच्या आरोग्य अधिकारी डॉ.राजेंद्र इतकरे यांनी दिली. तालुक्*यात खांदा वसाहत, कामोठे व इतर तीन ठिकाणच्या पाच रुग्णांना स्वाईन फ्लू या आजाराची लागण झाली आहे. त्यांच्यावर औषधोपचार सुरू आहेत. नागरिकांनी आरोग्य विभागाने जाहीर केलेल्या सावधगिरीच्या उपाययोजना अमलात आणाव्यात, असे आवाहन डॉ. इतकरे यांनी केले आहे.
http://www.esakal.com/esakal/20100713/5234844595945059720.htm
 
Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest F/80 and 52 yo 7/9)

Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest F/80 and 52 yo 7/9)

H1N1 no longer localised, new strategy is vigilance all over


Pritha Chatterjee
Posted: Jul 13, 2010 at 2356 hrs IST


Mumbai Last year?s strategy against H1N1 included identifying areas where the virus was most rampant and tackling it in those specific pockets.
Not any more. The second wave (150 cases in the city so far) is not localised, health authorities say. The virus is ?in the air? and the strategy will no longer focus on enumeration and targeted surveillance.

It will instead involve information, education and communication (IEC) activities to sensitise the public and doctors on symptoms and treatment protocol. Also, any suspicion that someone has caught the virus will be enough to put that person on Tamiflu; doctors have been advised not to wait for test results.

?Last year it was clear that the virus came to India from a group of students returning from abroad. Thus we had a thread to follow and so we could conduct targeted screenings in specific areas. But this is the second wave; the virus is no longer localised,? said Dr Pradeep Awate, head of the state?s swine flu control room.

Mumbai does not have ?the luxury of focusing on localised areas any more,? agrees Dr Daksha Shah, head of the BMC?s epidemiology cell. ?We are getting swine flu patients from everywhere in the city. We have to maintain vigilance all over.? In fact, she says, last year too, a target-based strategy could be adopted only in the initial stages of the crisis.

The cases this year aren?t evenly distributed, with slums reporting a higher number than less congested areas, and some wards showing more cases than others, but the BMC still ruled out targeted surveillance. ?Like all infectious diseases, the occurrence of swine flu too is higher in congested areas,? said the BMC?s executive health officer, Dr GT Ambe. The BMC?s Arogya Abhiyaan includes efforts to check malaria in slums, but not swine flu. Screening the estimated 80-90 lakh slum population for H1N1 ? is just not practical?, Ambe said. ?Taking swabs for H1N1 is a specialised activity.?

About ward-wise cases, Dr Shah said: ?The number of cases reported is directly proportional to the number of available test centres. Thus, relatively more cases were reported in the F ward.? Most wards have had between one and five cases, but wards A, B and C have reported none, while ward G-North has had 18, K-West-16, and F-North 10. G-North includes the heavily populated Dharavi.

Another reason cited for the high count is that all private practitioners are now authorised to take swabs and screen for swine flu. Last year, only 12 centres were authorised to conduct swine flu tests; this year, private centres screened 205 people between April 1 and July 7, and admitted 68 of them.

Dr Awate cited WHO guidelines stressing prevention. ?This year, doctors have been advised to give Tamiflu to suspected swine flu cases, without collecting samples and waiting for results. We should take it as a given that the number of actual cases in fact will overshoot the number of reported cases for the simple reason that many patients are being cured without waiting for tests to confirm their H1N1 status.?
http://www.expressindia.com/latest-...ed-new-strategy-is-vigilance-all-over/645493/
 
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Re: Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai (Latest F/80 and 52 yo 7/9)

Baby dies of swine flu, 1 dies of malaria


An 11-month-old baby boy from Bandra died of swine flu on Sunday taking the H1N1 death toll since June 11 ? three this month. A 20-year-old man from Cuffe Parade died of malaria on Monday. The baby was first admitted to Bhabha Hospital, Bandra, on July 11 with nephrotic syndrome, a kidney disorder. He was shifted to Kasturba
ospital, Chinchpokli, on the same day after doctors suspected him of having swine flu.

?He was started on Tamiflu but died on the same day. Being a child, he was in the high-risk category for swine flu,? said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

?The patient?s kidney disorder and the fact that he was being administered steroids for it also weakened his immune system making him susceptible to the H1N1 virus,? added Ambe.

Thirteen, including four children and one pregnant woman, also tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive H1N1 cases in the city in July to 178.

But the rise in the number of positive swine flu is not a cause for concern. ?Since the monsoon is a conducive environment for viruses, swine flu cases are on the rise in this season. But fortunately, mortality for the flu has now decreased as compared to last year, when it first hit India,? said Dr Pradeep Awate of the state influenza cell.


http://www.hindustantimes.com/Baby-dies-of-swine-flu-1-dies-of-malaria/Article1-571990.aspx
 
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One more swine flu death, two die of monsoon ailments
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
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Mumbai, July 15, 2010First Published: 02:00 IST(15/7/2010)
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A 50-year-old woman succumbed to swine flu on Monday in a private hospital, taking the swine flu death toll since June to 12. This is the fourth death in the city in July. The victim, who was a Goregaon resident, was suffering from diabetes. Rain-related illnesses also claimed two lives in the city on Wednesday. A
ar-old man from Dahisar succumbed to malaria on July 13. He was an alcoholic. A 37-year-old man from Dadar, who was diabetic, died of leptospirosis on July 12.

?The swine flu patient had been admitted to the hospital on June 9 and was put on Tamiflu from the next day after she was tested positive,? said Dr G.T. Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

Twenty-two others, including 10 children and one pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday.

Civic hospitals also recorded 109 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of dengue and 129 cases of malaria on Wednesday.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/One-m...-die-of-monsoon-ailments/Article1-572500.aspx
 
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A 28-year-old pregnant woman died of swine flu on Tuesday. She was admitted in a municipal hospital in Ghatkopar on July 9, BMC executive health officer Dr G T Ambe said. Meanwhile, 22 adults and three infants tested positive for H1N1 on Thursday. Also, a 41-year-old man from Govandi died of leptospirosis on Wednesday. He was admitted to a civic hospital on Tuesday.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/City-briefs/647157/
 
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25 more test positive for swine flu


Twenty-five more people, including 13 children and one pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu on Friday, taking the total number of positive H1N1 cases in the city this month to 250. While 100 cases of swine flu were registered in the month of June, the number of people who tested positive for the H1N1 virus from July 1 to 16 has
already touched 250.

But this shouldn?t be a cause for concern, said Dr GT Ambe, executive health officer, BMC.

?About 30 per cent of the city?s population has developed antibodies to the H1N1 virus, which is already in the air. It?s just like any other flu. But people in the high-risk categories should be over-cautious,? said Ambe.

As long as patients are administered Tamiflu, there is no cause for concern, he added. ?Frankly, one needn't bother about throat swab testing for swine flu either, if the patient has been put on a course of Tamiflu,? said Ambe.

Among other rain-related illnesses, civic hospitals recorded 99 cases of malaria, 96 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and 252 cases of fever.

Between July 1 and 15, BMC health workers also visited 609 construction sites in the city and tested blood samples of 7,166 construction workers, who had fever, for malaria.

Of these, 351 people were administered anti-malarial drugs, while 6,964 people were administered presumptive treatment for malaria.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/25-more-test-positive-for-swine-flu/Article1-573543.aspx
 
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14-yr-old dies of H1N1, toll touches 13
HT Correspondent
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Mumbai, July 20, 2010First Published: 00:38 IST(20/7/2010)
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A 14-year-old girl from Mulund died of swine flu at a private hospital on July 17, taking the death toll in the city to 13 this month. The girl had been admitted to the hospital on July 16 as she was suffering from high fever. ?The patient was put on Tamiflu the day she was admitted. She was also
bleeding from the nose, which is a symptom of leptospirosis. So she was tested for leptospirosis, swine flu and dengue. But she tested for positive only for swine flu,? said Dr G.T. Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

Thirteen more people, including four children, tested positive for H1N1 virus on Monday, taking the total number of cases in July to 300.

While two of these patients were admitted to hospitals, the rest were quarantined at home.

Among other rain-related illnesses, the civic hospitals recorded 91 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis, 96 cases of malaria and 277 cases of fever.

The civic body had on Monday organised five health-testing camps to help curb incidences of malaria. Of the 794 people who were treated, 105 tested for malaria, 166 were treated for fever, 240 for cough and 28 for diarrhoea.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/14-yr-old-dies-of-H1N1-toll-touches-13/Article1-574876.aspx
 
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This may be the same fatality as above, or not.

City briefs


Express News Service
Posted: Jul 20, 2010 at 0136 hrs IST
Woman dies of swine flu, 13 more positive
A 23-year-old woman, resident of Mulund (East), died of swine flu on Saturday. BMC health officers said she had been admitted a day earlier to a private hospital. Another 13 people tested positive on Monday, four of them children. Two have been admitted to city hospitals, the rest home-quarantined. Meanwhile, 96 people tested positive for malaria and one was admitted for suspected leptospirosis.
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1 dies of malaria; 8 test positive for swine flu


A 45-year-old man from Malad died of malaria at a city hospital on Sunday. The patient was admitted to hospital on July 15 and died on July 18. This is the 10th malaria death in the city this July and 104 more people tested positive for malaria on Tuesday. ?He was suffering from hypertension,
which may have caused complications in his condition,? said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

The municipal corporation is also considering starting evening outpatient departments in its dispensaries.

?Our dispensaries are currently open from 9 am to 4 pm, but we will keep them open for a certain duration in the evening too in order to test more patients for malaria,? said Ambe.

Eight more people, including four children and one pregnant woman, also tested positive for swine flu, taking the total number of H1N1 cases in the city this July to 308.

While three of these patients are admitted to hospitals, the rest are quarantined at home. The BMC also conducted health camps to test people for rain-related illnesses in five civic wards on Tuesday.

Civic officials also visited 154 construction sites in the city and treated 44 construction workers for malaria.

Among other rain-related illnesses, civic hospitals also recorded 102 cases of gastroenteritis, five cases of dengue and 259 cases of fever on Tuesday.

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20 test positive for swine flu

Twenty more people, including five children and one pregnant woman, tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday, taking the total number of swine flu cases this July to 328. Nine of these patients are admitted to hospitals, while the rest have been quarantined at home. Among other rain related
illnesses, civic hospitals recorded 107 cases of malaria.

108 cases of gastroenteritis, three cases of dengue and one case of leptospirosis.

Former state entomologist Ashok Bhosale, who has been appointed by the BMC to help control the spread of malaria in the city, said the corporation would aim to implement the malaria control plan.

?We will train our staff to use the existing vector control techniques, like fumigation, more effectively,? said Bhosale.

The BMC conducted health camps to screen people for malaria and other monsoon illnesses. A total of 1,042 people were checked at the camps; 147 of these were tested for malaria. The health department officials administered presumptive malaria drugs to 2,737 people with fever and treated 285 people for malaria.


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Malaria cases may cross record levels
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, July 23, 2010First Published: 00:34 IST(23/7/2010)
Last Updated: 00:36 IST(23/7/2010) Email Malaria killed a 28-year-old man from Duncan Road on Wednesday. The mosquito-borne disease infected 8,946 people and claimed 10 lives between July 1 and 20 alone. In July 2009, 4,380 people were diagnosed with malaria. The number of malaria cases this month has not only doubled compared to last
year but could also be highest number ever recorded in Mumbai. On Thursday, another 124 Mumbaiites were admitted to public and private hospitals with suspected malaria.

On Thursday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) decided to conduct fogging in the evenings also to control the mosquito population. So far, fogging was conducted only during the day.

Malaria spreads through the bite of infected mosquitoes. The monsoon and post-monsoon period from June to November is considered the high transmission season for malaria.

?We are issuing an advisory so that people are better informed,? said Dr Arun Bamne, chief insecticide officer, BMC.

Ten people, including four children, tested positive for swine flu on Thursday, taking the number of cases to 338. Three of the patients were hospitalised. At least 277 people were admitted to hospitals with fever, 71 with gastro, one with leptospirosis and four with dengue.

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