swine flu in delhi

swine flu in delhi

swine flu in delhi has resulted in two more death in our national capital.swine flu death in delhi has created havoc among indians.

report by times of india about swine flu in delhi.

The national capital has recorded its first swine flu deaths with a 31-year-old man and a 38-year-old woman succumbing to the H1N1

Swine flu in India influenza virus, hospital authorities said on Thursday.

Samrat Pandya, 31, a resident of Gurgaon, died on Thursday morning following two cardiac arrests, four days after he was rushed to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in New Delhi.

He had been kept on a ventilator and his heart and lungs stopped working, said N.K. Chaturvedi, the hospital's medical superintendent.

The other death was of Renu Gupta, who died Wednesday night also following two cardiac arrests.

With the two Delhi deaths, the national death toll has risen further.

Gupta, a resident of Model Town, had returned from Singapore on Aug 15 and had developed flu symptoms.

"She went to private doctors who asked her to visit a designated government facility. She visited the RML hospital on Aug 20 in a critical condition. She was gasping and was immediately admitted and put on ventilator," Chaturvedi told reporters.



Chaturvedi said her sample was sent to the NCDC (National Centre for Disease Control), previously known as the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) and she "tested highly positive for H1N1".

Pandya, he said, had no travel history or contact with any H1N1 infected patient.

"He came to the hospital Aug 16 with swine flu like symptoms and was quarantined. He was having mild fever, cold, cough, breathlessness and sore throat four-five days before he came to the hospital."

"We conducted an ECG and found that Samrat has myocarditis. The virus affected his two key body parts -- heart and lungs -- and both the organs stopped working. He suffered two cardiac arrests on Wednesday evening and his condition deteriorated Thursday morning leading to death," he said.

Myocarditis is an inflammation of heart muscles and happens when the virus affects a person's heart.

Samrat's father, R.S. Pandya, blamed the hospital authorities for his son's death, but Chaturvedi refuted the charges, saying that "he feels sorry for them".

"My son died because of negligence by doctors at RML and they did not cooperate. Till this morning, we had no clue that Samrat had swine flu," Pandya told reporters outside the hospital.

Giving details, Pandya said his son was first taken to Sanjeevan Hospital in Gurgaon, adjoining Delhi. Doctors at the hospital gave him paracetamol.

When the medicine didn't improve his condition, the family took him to the Max Hospital in Gurgaon. Here the doctors advised them to take him to a designated government hospital where swine flu treatment was being given.

"People need to be cautious and if they have flu like symptoms, they should immediately visit a designated government health facility. There is no need to panic about it," Chaturvedi said.

He added that Samrat's father had thanked the hospital authorities for taking care of him.

At the moment, he disclosed, five patients were undergoing treatment for H1N1 at RML. All were stable.

"Earlier, we were sending 130-140 samples per day for swine flu tests. But it has come down to 15 samples. The screening of people having flu-like symptoms has also gone down," he added.

On Wednesday, the country reported 216 new cases of Influenza A (H1N1), taking the total number of infected people to 2,243.

report by indian express about swine flu in delhi

swine flu has claimed four more lives, including its first two victims in Delhi, taking the nationwide toll to 38 even as the country witnessed a sharp rise in the infection with the total number of those afflicted by the pandemic rising by 216 cases to 2,242.

Samrat Pandeya (31) died of the disease this morning at the government-run Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in the capital, while Renu Gupta (38) succumbed to the virus last night there, the hospital Medical Superintendent N K Chaturvedi said.

In the IT hub of Bangalore, 45-year-old Edward Mohan, who was being treated for the viral infection at Shifa Hospital since August 15, died on Wednesday.

Kalpana, 36, died due to swine flu on August 17, three days after she was admitted to Ramaiah Hospital and put on a ventilator, health officials said in Bangalore, adding both of them died of acute respiratory distress syndrome.

report by thaindian news about swine flu in delhi

Health authorities in Delhi have confirmed two swine flu deaths on Thursday.

A 35-year-old female patient died at the Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital on Wednesday night becoming the first victim of the virus in the national capital.

Thirty one year old Samrat Pandeya, a resident of Gurgaon, who was initially treated at various private hospitals and later brought to the RML Hospital, succumbed to the virus on Thursday morning.

According to hospital sources, Pandeya was admitted to the hospital on August 14 with symptoms of fever, breathlessness and signs of pneumonia. He tested positive for H1N1 flu. Pandeya had been on ventilator since August 15, sources said.

Delhi State health authorities have said there is no need to panic, since both patients had contact history and a history of travel to affected countries.

Health authorities said the demise of the victims was due to failure to follow established treatment procedure.

With these two deaths the overall H1N1 toll in the country has risen to 32. Maharashtra is the worst affected state with 15 deaths.

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