Sunday, December 6, 2009

India: Swine(H1N1) flu Claims Three more in Ahmedabad City

AHMEDABAD: 4 people died of H1N1 flu in the city on 5th December Saturday. Three of the victims were from Gujarat, which includes a young pregnant mother, while one case was from Rajasthan. The patients had come to Civil Hospital in the last 3 days. The official state death form stands at 48 till now and 333 people have been tested positive.

The 3 who died in Civil Hospital were Makshree Bhojraj, 21, a pregnant lady from Mundra in Kutch, Govind Raval, 27, from Palanpur and Virja Ramesh, 35, from Botad.

Three of the 4 new fresh patients who were tested positive in the last two days in the state had refused to stay in hospitals in Rajkot, Palanpur and Vadodara and come to Civil Hospital. What has surprised medical officials is that these H1N1 positive patients had come in contact with more people while coming to Ahmedabad.

Winters have been a worry for health authorities for a long time and it is the second onslaught of H1N1 virus that authorities are worried about. With marriage season and the influx of NRIs into the state, officials have previously pressed the alarm button.

In Ahmedabad a large number of swine flu victims -- 83% noticed since July 11 -- were between 13 and 45 years. As many as 112 people tested positive in various parts of the city while the city recorded its most cases in the posh new west zone.

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