A 32-year-old female from Trombay is the latest victim of swine flu in the city. She succumbed to complications arising due to the H1N1 virus on Thursday, at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Chinchpokli. She was exhibiting symptoms of swine flu, like coughing and fever since March 24, for almost nine days before her death, said BMC officials. For close to three days, she was admitted to a private hospital in Chembur, between March 24 and 27. "She was being giving erroneous treatment for Typhoid for close to three days," said Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC's epidemiologist.
A 32-year-old female from Trombay is the latest victim of swine flu in the city. She succumbed to complications arising due to the H1N1 virus on Thursday, at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases in Chinchpokli. She was exhibiting symptoms of swine flu, like coughing and fever since March 24, for almost nine days before her death, said BMC officials. For close to three days, she was admitted to a private hospital in Chembur, between March 24 and 27. "She was being giving erroneous treatment for Typhoid for close to three days," said Dr Mangala Gomare, BMC's epidemiologist.
In the following four days, she was shifted to as many as four hospitals. On March 27, she was shifted to Inlaks Hospital in Vashi, and subsequently on March 28 to Terna Hospital. Later on March 29, she was shifted to Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) Hospital after which she was shifted to Kasturba Hospital on March 30. Within two days of admission to Kasturba Hospital, she succumbed. She had developed complications related to pneumonia following swine flu infection. Dr Gomare said that she was given delayed treatment for swine flu. "She was administered Tamiflu medicines only on March 27, almost 72 hours after she started displaying symptoms," she said. "The patients with swine flu symptoms should be administered treatment within 36 hours of their symptoms. If it is delayed their situation worsens."
BMC additional commissioner (health) Sanjay Deshmukh said that there is a sixty percent drop in the swine flu cases being admitted to BMC hospitals as compared to patient flow two weeks back. "While two weeks ago, 30 to 60 patients were getting admitted to BMC hospitals, this has reduced to 8-9 patients currently. As the temperature rises further, cases are expected to decrease," said Deshmukh.
With 1598 cases since January this year and 18confirmed deaths, Mumbai accounts to over 34% of swine flu cases in Maharashtra. In Maharashtra, since January, a total of 4625 swine flu cases were recorded. Of these, 416 people succumbed to the disease while 4002 people were cured. As many as 208 people are hospitalized, of which 33 people remain critical and on ventilator in the state.
What is swine flu?
It is an influenza family virus with symptoms namely chills, fever, sore throat, muscle pains, severe headache, coughing, weakness and general discomfort. BMC has said that if the patients have these symptoms they should immediately show it to a qualified doctor who can start symptomatic Tamiflu treatment.
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