Pune:
The swine flu deaths have been on the rise across the country. In all there have been six deaths so far - three in Pune and one each in Mumbai, Ahmedabad and Chennai.
In the latest and the sixth case of swine flu death, a 4-year-old child died in Chennai. The child was in hospital since last week. He was admitted to the hospital with diarrhoea, which in two days became multi organ failure. The brother of the boy has also tested positive for swine flu.
The first victim of the H1 N1 virus was 14 year-old Reeda Sheikh from Pune. Reeda's family claims that it was a clear case of misdiagnosis. The young girl was not only treated too late but treated for the wrong illness.
India's second swine flu victim was 53-year-old Fahmida Panwala from Mumbai. Fahmida came to the Kasturba hospital in Mumbai with a highly complicated case of diabetes and hypertension and died of acute respiratory distress.
The third death was reported from Pune late Saturday night. A 42-year-old teacher Sanjay Kokare from Kedgaon was in a critical condition and had been on ventilator in the ICU.
The fourth case was from Ahmedabad where a non-resident Indian Pravin Patel died of the flu on Sunday morning. The 43-year-old NRI had come to Ahmedabad with his wife on July 31. He had developed complications on August 5. He was shifted to civil hospital on August 8.
The fifth casualty of swine flu death was Dr Babasaheb Mane, a 36-year-old ayurvedic doctor, who died at the Sassoon Hospital in Pune on Monday morning. He had acute respiratory distress syndrome with pneumonia with cardiac arrest. He was admitted to Sassoon on August 7. The doctor was from Verwada in Pune.