Mumbai/Ahmedabad:
The swine flu deaths have been on the rise across the country. In all there have been four deaths so far - two in Pune and one in Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
In the latest case, a non-resident Indian Pravin Patel has died of the flu in Ahmedabad. 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 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 on Saturday night. A 42-year-old teacher Sanjay Kokare from Kedgaon was in a critical condition and had been on ventilator in the ICU.