Swine flu kills one more in Surat

While the health department of Surat district claims to be taking steps to prevent swine flu, one more person died due of the disease on Tuesday.

Munnavar Sheikh, 52, a resident of Ramnagar in Rander, was suffering from high fever and a bad cough for the past one week. After taking treatment at private clinics in Unapani Road and Chowk-bazaar, he was admitted to Lokhat hospital on Saturday. Sheikh tested positive for swine flu on Sunday and was quarantined in a special ward of the hospital. However, doctors could not save him and he died on Tuesday evening during treatment.

Sheikh was infected with the virus in Surat itself.

Health officials rushed to the hospital and provided necessary treatment to Sheikh's family members, to prevent the disease from spreading further.