Tracking Fatalities in Mumbai

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Man succumbs to Malaria; Pregnant 19-year-old to Swine flu

A 19-year-old pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu at Sion Hospital on Thursday, taking the total H1N1 death toll in the city this July to 14. Civic officials blamed delay in seeking treatment for her death. Malaria also killed a 24-year-old man from Naigaon, Dadar, on Wednesday. The
mosquito-borne disease has claimed 12 lives and infected more than nine thousand Mumbaiites so far this month. Another 128 patients were admitted to various city hospitals with suspected malaria on Friday.

The swine flu patient had first been admitted to a private hospital on July 15 and was shifted to Sion Hospital on July 16.

"There seems to have been a delay in seeking treatment the patient had been suffering from fever for a few days before she was admitted to the private hospital. She was administered a complete course of Tamiflu at Sion Hospital, but it was too late by then," said Dr Girish Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

The state government has called the heads of private and public hospitals for a meeting on Saturday to discuss strategies for dealing with swine flu.

Eighteen more people, including five children, tested positive for swine flu on

Friday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases this month to 356.

The municipal corporation is planning to set up an additional 20-bed isolation ward at Kasturba Hospital in Chinchpokli for treating serious cases of swine flu and other infectious diseases.

"The ward will be ready before the next monsoon," said Dr Ambe.

He added that Rs 70 lakh had been sanctioned for the ward and they were in the process of floating tenders for the construction.

The ward will be equipped with ventilators, monitors and and other equipment that is necessary to deal with complications of infectious diseases.

"Kasturba doctors have to transfer serious patients to the Intensive Care Unit at Nair Hospital. That will not be required once the ward is ready," said Dr Ambe.

Among other rain-related illnesses, civic hospitals also recorded 287 cases of fever, 98 cases of gastroenteritis, two cases of leptospirosis and three cases of dengue on Friday.

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State ropes in pvt hospitals to tackle swine flu

A total of about 15 private hospitals across the city may soon set up small isolation wards of two to four beds each, in response to a call from the state government to help tackle the spread of swine flu. "We will provide H1N1 vaccines for doctors and paramedical staff who work at such isolation
facilities, if required," said BMC executive health officer private hospitals .

The total number of swine flu cases reported in the city has already touched 374 this month, including 18 Mumbaiites, including eight children, who tested positive on Saturday.

With the monsoon being conducive to viral transmission, experts have warned many more could be infected.

Private hospitals have also been asked to keep critical swine flu patients in a separate section of their Intensive Care Units, to protect other patients in the ICU.

Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Sarvaree Gokhale met representatives from private hospitals on Saturday.

While Pune hospital heads were unable to make it to Mantralaya because of the downpour, their counterparts from Mumbai hospitals such as PD Hinduja and Wockhardt were present at the meeting.

?They were requested to set up isolation wards,? said Ambe.

During the first wave of swine flu last year, the government had roped in about 18 hospitals, including Kokilaben Ambani, Breach Candy and Bombay Hospital, to help treat patients.

The hospitals discontinued their isolation centres when the number of reported cases plummeted last November.

The same hospitals have been requested to set up isolation centres this year.

So far, only the civic-run Kasturba, KEM, Sion and Nair hospitals have isolation wards.

However, all doctors and hospitals could treat swine flu patients since Tamiflu, the medication for H1N1, has been available with chemists on prescription since end of last year.

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Slum-dweller succumbs to swine flu


A 28-year-old woman from Kurla succumbed to swine flu-related complications at a hospital in Ghatkopar on Tuesday, taking Mumbai?s H1N1 death toll to 18 since May. The woman was eight months pregnant when her throat swab was collected on July 14. Her baby died in the womb two days
later.

?The Tamiflu treatment was complete and she was shifted from a nursing home to the hospital,? said Dr G.T. Ambe, executive health officer, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The woman, a slum-dweller, had had fever for six days before she went to the nursing home. ?She also developed severe pneumonia. Pregnant women are more vulnerable,? said Ambe.

Six people, including three children, tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday.

At least 537 Mumbaiites were hospitalised with monsoon-related ailments between Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Of these, 313 had fever, 142 had malaria, 78 had gastroenteritis, three had dengue and one leptospirosis. Malaria has claimed 35 lives this year.

On Thursday, Health Minister Suresh Shetty will meet a technical team that the state asked the Centre to send to help combat malaria. The team will help the BMC draw up a plan, identify high-risk areas and decide how often to undertake anti-larvae treatments.

Suburban guardian minister Naseem Khan said: ?Officials should concentrate on slums and construction sites. Notices should be given to builders who don?t keep sites mosquito-free,? Khan said.

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Malaria, swine flu kill 1 each in Mumbai


Mumbai: A 53-year-old man from Worli died of malaria on Wednesday, and a 27-year-old pregnant woman from Kurla succumbed to swine flu on Tuesday. With this, the total number of malaria deaths in the city reached 15 this month, while the woman was the ninth victim of swine flu in July.


Over 142 patients were admitted to civic hospitals for malaria on Wednesday. At least 23 patients have succumbed to various rain-related ailments in July. The latest victim from Worli was hospitalised on Sunday.

The increasing number of rain-related illness too increased the number of visitors to hospitals. In the past 24 hours, civic and private hospitals in the city have registered 313 cases of fever, 78 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and three of dengue.

On the other hand, the pregnant woman, who died of swine flu on Tuesday, had lost her baby two days ago in her womb after she was administered Tamiflu. She had been suffering from high fever before being admitted to a private nursing home in Ghatkopar on July 14.

?She was put on Tamiflu the next day,? Dr Guirish Ambe, executive health officer, BMC, said, adding that the swine flu medication and the baby?s death were not related.

?The woman, a resident of Ahmed Nagar in Kurla had developed extensive pneumonia of both lungs, which were filled with fluid. Her baby?s death has nothing to do with the Tamiflu treatment,? said Ambe.

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Fever patients fill private hospitals
Pratibha Masand, TNN, Jul 29, 2010, 04.44am IST

MUMBAI: While civic hospitals have their hands full with patients suffering from monsoon ailments, private nursing homes too are so burdened with malaria and fever cases that they have to redirect many to other hospitals.

For instance Sanjivani nursing home has been getting more patients than they can handle. "We have a total of 52 beds, which are all full. Almost 70% of our patients have fever. At such a time, if we get more patients, we either give them medication and send them home if their condition is not very bad, or we refer them to bigger hospitals in the area," said Dr Vanita Ingle of the nursing home.

Private hospitals seem to have no vacant beds for new arrivals. "Patients are just pouring in. The problem is that with beds full of people suffering from monsoon diseases, there is no space left for those suffering from other ailments," said Dr Hemant Thacker, who consults in Bhatia, Breach Candy, Jaslok and Saifee Hospitals. Meanwhile, a 56-year-old man, a Worli resident, admitted to a city hospital on Sunday, died of falciparum malaria on Wednesday, the BMC said.

Another pregnant woman succumbed to swine flu on Tuesday, taking the toll of swine flu deaths to nine this month and 18 since May.

"The 27-year-old Kurla resident, was eight months pregnant. She was admitted to a private hospital in Ghatkopar on July 14. But she suffered from extensive pneumonia in both lungs. She delivered a still-born baby on Monday and on Tuesday, herself died due to complications," said executive health officer, Dr G T Ambe.

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5 malaria deaths in last five days

A 33-year-old man from Parel died of malaria on Thursday and a 35-year-old man from Chembur died of leptospirosis on Tuesday. Public hospitals tested 170 more people positive for malaria on Friday. Eighteen people have died of malaria in July. Public hospitals in the city have recorded one malaria
death for five consecutive days — from July 26 to 30.

Twenty more people, including 12 children, tested positive for swine flu on Friday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases this month to 440. While eight of these patients are admitted to hospitals, the rest have been quarantined at home.

Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals have recorded 340 cases of fever, 68 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and nine cases of dengue.

Meanwhile, the two-member expert committee from the National Institute of Malaria Research, who had visited the city, suggested a four-point intervention plan to the BMC.

One of the suggestions was to fix health mandate on builders of construction sites with more than 200 labourers.

"Check-ups of these workers should done every day and records maintained," said a civic official.

The BMC will set up centres to treat mosquito nets in all seven high-risk wards — F-South ward (Sewri), G-South ward (Mahalaxmi and Byculla), L ward (Chembur, Kurla), E ward (Reay Road), G-North ward (Mahim Causeway and Dharavi), K-East ward (Airport, Santacruz) and N ward (Ghatkopar, Vikhroli).

"Treated mosquito nets help reduce chances of contracting malaria by 70 per cent," said Additional Municipal Commi-ssioner Manisha Mhaiskar.

The panel pointed out that the storm water drains should be fumigated.

"Most of the drains have been closed for the last three years, so we will have to work out how fogging can be done," added Mhaiskar.

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Swine flu claims one more in Mumbai
Published: Saturday, Jul 31, 2010, 21:29 IST
Place: Mumbai | Agency: PTI

A 51-year-old woman succumbed to swine flu taking the death toll due to H1N1 influenza to ten this month.


According to health officials, the woman a resident of suburban Andheri died yesterday.


Altogether 16 patients are undergoing treatment at various hospitals in the city for swine flu.


In July, at least 27 patients have succumbed to various rain-related ailments and the city have registered 15,258 rain-related cases this month.




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Seminar held in Mumbai on H1N1

A seminar ?Swine Flu H1N1?Flu Fears? was held in Mumbai at Nair Hospital on Sunday where the doctors of Government and Private Hospitals came together to unopen and discuss the changes that have taken place in Swine Flu intervention, since April, 2009, the time when Mumbai was first slammed by the H1N1 influenza.

The doctors discussed the shifting of pattern in H1N1 treatment, those patients tested positive of Swine Flu are now being isolated at home rather admitting them to a Hospital.

Dr Daksha Shah, head of epidemiology cell of BMC said, in many H1N1 cases tested in the early stage, we find it?s preferable to isolate patients at home. Everyone need not come to the hospital. It helps reduce disease transmission.?

Last year the numbers of Swine flu cases were high in Kerela and Maharashtra. Dr Amar Fettle, Chief Nodal Officer, H1N1 control programme, Kerala was also present at the seminar. He said ?With Kerala experience, we are now advocating to all doctors across the country, especially in northern parts of India where good rainfall is expected in the coming months, should strictly follow government public health policies and use ABC management guidelines.?

Fettle said ?Do not wait for the test results to start the treatment as it would be late for the patient. If the symptoms are clear, immediately start treating the cases for H1N1,?

He also added ?In the first phase, we had to adopt different methods like keeping a vigil at entry ports, keeping lot of isolation wards and sending all the samples for testing and then start the treatment. But the strategy now is to strictly follow the public health policy and start the treatment even before the test results are available.?

Expecting mothers are more vulnerable to the disease. In Kerela, during the second phase of H1N1 influenza, 75 people died; out of them 21 were pregnant ladies.

Fettle said ?Therefore, we appeal to all gynecologists also to follow the public health policies to save several pregnant women from dying,?

The virus is more dominant in the people in the second stage. Unlike the first stage, the treatment will now begin even before the sample test results are available. By doing this, any delays can be avoided with the early treatment.

A senior public health official of Kerela said Kerela has plunged its second phase of immunization for its health workers and doctors, whereas in Maharashtra, the health worker?s are still reluctant to immunize themselves.

Fattel said ?We are in the second phase of immunizing our doctors and health workers against H1N1 infection and have already given 41,608 doses of the vaccine in Phase I.?

According to Assistant director Dr. V. M. Kulkarni, in Maharashtra in the first stage, total number of 3403 doctors and health workers got themselves immunised.

A source from FFF Enterprises said, an early shipment of seasonal flu vaccine has been announced by the FFF Enterprises. Through its MyFluVaccine Programme, India?s largest flu vaccine distributor will start shipment of influenza vaccine in this week. This will help in an early supply of influenza vaccination in the whole Nation.

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Malaria claims another life
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times

Mumbai, August 04, 2010First Published: 01:24 IST(4/8/2010)
Last Updated: 01:26 IST(4/8/2010)
A 22-year-old man from Bandra died of malaria on Monday and a 40-year-old man succumbed to swine flu-related complications at Nair Hospital on Sunday. A total of three people have succumbed to malaria within the first three days of August. On Tuesday alone, public hospitals in the city recorded
543 positive cases of malaria.

"The malaria patient was an alcoholic, which worsened his condition," said Dr G T Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

Chief Minister Ashok Chavan, speaking at an event at Lilavati Hospital, Bandra, on Tuesday, said that the malaria issue should not be politicised.

"The situation is not so bad, it's under control. The state government is monitoring the BMC's efforts to keep malaria in check," said Chavan.

Meanwhile, three more people have tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases in the city to 33 in August.

The swine flu patient, who died on Sunday, worked as a security guard in Breach Candy and was first admitted to a private hospital on July 30.

"There seems to have been a delay in seeking treatment as he had fever and cough for a week before he was admitted," said Ambe.

His throat swab was sent for testing and he was administered Tamiflu on July 31.

"He was transferred to Nair Hospital on August 1 after his condition worsened," said Ambe.

Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals in the city also recorded 360 cases of fever, 55 cases of gastroenteritis, and five cases of dengue.

 

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19-year-old Mira Road girl dies of swine flu

MUMBAI: A 19-year-old Mira Road girl died of swine flu while a three-year-old has is being treated for the H1N1 virus.

On July 21, Noorjahan Shaikh, a resident of Chedda Orchid in Mira Road, was admitted to the local Kasturi hospital for suspected H1N1. She was shifted to Malad's Riddhi Siddhi Hospital after her condition worsened. She died on Tuesday.

Another three-year-old, Aniket Upadhyay, a resident of Mira Road's Vaibhav Park, tested positive for swine flu. He is being treated at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.

The Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) distributed Tamiflu tablets to the family and residents of Noorjahan and Aniket's buildings. In June, a swine flu death was reported in Mira Road while in July, five cases of swine flu were reported from Mira-Bhayander.

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"Meanwhile, a 40-year-old woman, a resident of Kurla, died due to Swine Flu last night, taking the death toll to two since August. Altogether nine persons are undergoing treatment for H1N1 influenza here, they said. "

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This is the 16th fatality of a Mumbai resident since April 8th. From August 2009 to April 2010, 23 fatalities were recorded.

 

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Mumbai malaria death toll reaches 45


MUMBAI: Two persons died of malaria last night here, taking the death toll to six due to the disease since August, health officials said today.

The fresh victims of malaria include a 50-year-old man, a resident of Goregaon, and a 16-year-old boy, a resident of Haji Ali, they said.

Altogether, over 45 deaths have been reported due to malaria since January this year, they said.

Over 200 persons suffering from malaria were admitted to the hospital today, they said, adding that total number of malaria patients admitted to various city hospitals since August has reached to 988.

Meanwhile, a 40-year-old woman, a resident of Kurla, died due to Swine Flu last night, taking the death toll to two since August. Altogether nine persons are undergoing treatment for H1N1 influenza here, they said.

Also, a 45-year-old man, a resident of Byculla, died due to leptospirosis. This is first death due to the disease this month, the health officials said.

Even as the number of cases due to malaria keep rising per day and at least one death being reported due to the disease, Mumbai Mayor Shraddha Jadhav today said BMC has been successful in preventing malaria cases in the city.

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2 malaria, 2 lepto deaths in one day

Two people died of malaria and two others succumbed to leptospirosis on Sunday. Malaria claimed the life of a 32-year-old man from Malad and a 40-year-old man from Byculla. Thirteen people have died of the disease so far in August and public hospitals have admitted more than 1,700 malaria
patients. On Monday alone, public hospitals reported admitting 124 new malaria patients.

An 18-year-old boy from Colaba and a 27-year-old man from Mazgaon died of leptospirosis, which has claimed three lives in August. Three people suffering from leptospirosis were also admitted to public hospitals on Monday.

Nine more people also tested positive for swine flu on Monday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases in the city to 91 this month.

Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals reported 504 cases of fever, 45 cases of gastroenteritis and three cases of dengue.

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Malaria, Lepto, swine flu claim 1 each


Malaria, swine flu and leptospirosis claimed one life each over the past two days. A 50-year-old man died of malaria at Siddharth Hospital, Goregaon, on Monday. Fourteen people have died of malaria in August and 222 new patients suffering from the disease were admitted to public hospitals on
Tuesday.

Swine flu's latest victim was a four-month-old girl who was admitted to a hospital in Byculla. Her death on Tuesday, took the city's swine flu toll to three in August. Eight more people tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases this month to 99.

Leptospirosis claimed a 20-year-old man at Nair Hospital. This is the fourth leptospirosis death this month and 19 people have been admitted for the disease in public hospitals.

"Leptospirosis is easy to treat. But most patients come to hospitals when the disease has advanced, which makes it difficult for us to treat them," said Dr G.T. Ambe, executive health officer of the BMC.

Private doctors said that there could be a rise in the number of dengue cases. "I have treated four to five dengue cases this week and the number could rise. The city has also had intermittent rains recently, which is perfect environment for the dengue-transmitting Aedes mosquito to breed," said Dr Khusrav Bajan, in-charge of emergency medical services at P D Hinduja Hospital.

Among other rain-related illnesses, public hospitals reported 505 cases of fever, 56 cases of gastroenteritis, one case of leptospirosis and seven cases of dengue on Tuesday.

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Seasonal flu on the rise, say doctors


While the civic authorities and people continue to be wary of swine flu and malaria, it is seasonal flu that is sending more people to doctors. Doctors have witnessed a surge in seasonal flu cases owing to the drop in temperature since the onset of the monsoon. "I see about three to four cases of
flu every day as compared to one or two of malaria," said Dr Kushrav Bajan, intensive care physician at PD Hinduja Hospital in Mahim.

He added that 95 per cent of patients who report with flu-like symptoms suffer from seasonal flu and the rest have swine flu. "Even among the 5 per cent H1N1 cases, only 5 per cent need to be admitted to hospital because of pneumonia or other complications," added Dr Bajan.

The rise in seasonal flu cases is confirmed by the reports of throat swab samples tested at Haffkine Research Institute in Parel, which celebrated its 111th foundation day on Tuesday.

Of the 600 samples tested at Haffkine in the past two months, nearly as many were positive for seasonal flu as swine flu.

"Around 25 per cent tested positive for swine flu and 22 per cent for seasonal flu," said Haffkine director Dr Abhay Choudhary. While 10 per cent of the seasonal flu cases were of Influenza A, 12 per cent were of Influenza B.

The fact that there the Influenza B virus strain is more in circulation than Influenza A, is good news as the former does not cause serious complications.

Both Influenza A and B cause fever, cold, sore throat, cough, headache and sometimes diarrhoea. "One can easily recover from flu with rest, fluids and some symptomatic treatment," said Dr Hemant Thacker, consultant physician at Jaslok and Bhatia Hospitals.

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State will return unused H1N1 shots to Centre


The state government is returning more than half of the H1N1 vaccines, which were meant for immunisation of health professionals, to the Centre as it has failed to utilise the doses and their October expiry date is nearing. The Centre had sent 34,000 doses of the injectible H1N1 vaccine, procured
from French pharmaceutical company Sanofi-Pasteur, to Maharashtra health authorities in May for immunisation of doctors and paramedical staff.

The Centre had purchased 1.5 million doses for Rs 300 each so that the health professionals treating swine flu patients are protected against the infection.

Around 15,300 health professionals across Maharashtra had taken the vaccine until Saturday.

?The remaining 18,700 doses will be returned. The Union Government may discard the vaccines or give them to other states if there is a demand,? said Dr. V.M. Kulkarni, who is in-charge of immunisation in the state.

He added that all districts had been asked to return the leftover vaccines to the Pune office of the directorate of health services.

While Kolhapur and Nashik circles had already sent the vaccines, other districts are expected to do the same soon.

Initially, few doctors were willing to get themselves inoculated fearing side effects and because the vaccine provides immunity against swine flu for only a year.

The state had then conducted a series of workshops to dispel myths and sensitise doctors about the benefits of vaccine.

This coupled with the surge in swine flu cases, led to increase in the demand for vaccination, but it was not enough to ensure complete utilisation of the vaccines.

?We had received consent for vaccination from 15,400 health professionals and 11,433 others had filled forms stating they were unwilling to take the shot and would take responsibility if they contracted H1N1. So, we have covered almost everyone,? said Dr Kulkarni, explaining why they were not waiting for longer to see if more doctors wanted to get vaccinated.

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Six more people tested positive for swine flu on Wednesday, taking the total number of H1N1 cases in the city to 192 this month.


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Malaria axe falls on 70 city builders

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has issued stop-work notices to around 70 builders in the city for not taking precautions to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes at their construction sites.

Additional municipal commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar said, ?We had sent notices to builders to take safety measures. They have to treat stagnant water and carry out fumigation.?

She added, ?There are 2,513 construction sites across the city. The BMC issued notices to 2,205 of them. However, 70 builders didn?t respond.?

Malaria has claimed two more lives, taking the August death toll up to 43. In the last 24 hours, hospitals in the city received 528 fever cases, 62 gastroenteritis ones, two of leptospirosis, seven of dengue and 169 of malaria. Six tested positive for H1N1 virus on Friday.

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Monsoon illnesses claim 3 lives in city
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
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Mumbai, September 01, 2010First Published: 01:59 IST(1/9/2010)
Last Updated: 02:00 IST(1/9/2010)

Two people died of malaria and leptospirosis and one person died of swine flu in the last three days. In August, the H1N1 virus claimed five lives, while 47 died of malaria and six of leptospirosis. A 15-year-old girl died of swine flu on August 30. Since August 1, 216 people have tested positive for the H1N1 virus.

A 50-year-old woman died of malaria on August 28 and a 25-year-old man died of leptospirosis at Sion Hospital.

On Tuesday, public hospitals admitted 431 cases of fever, 62 cases of gastroenteritis, three cases of leptospirosis, nine cases of dengue and 159 cases of malaria.

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