In the past 24 hours, city hospitals have witnessed three swine flu deaths. According to the civic health department, one among the three is a 9-year-old girl from Kalyan who was admitted in BMC's Kasturba hospital on March 29.
In the past 24 hours, city hospitals have witnessed three swine flu deaths. According to the civic health department, one among the three is a 9-year-old girl from Kalyan who was admitted in BMC's Kasturba hospital on March 29.
"The girl had congenital heart disease and was operated for the same in 2008. She was first admitted in Kilbil Children hospital on March 25. After her condition deteriorated, she was shifted to Kasturba hospital. But her condition worsened and she died of cardio respiratory failure," said Dr Mangala Gomare, epidemeology cell in-charge in BMC.
The other two victims were a 66-year-old man from Walkeshwar and a 74-year-old man from Malad. "The Walkeshwar resident was getting treated as an OPD patient. Since there was no improvement in his condition, he was admitted on March 19. He was a diabetic and he also had hypertension, apart from suffering from other secondary illnesses like inflammatory bowel disease, COPD etc," said Dr Gomare.
According to a civic health official, the Malad resident too had many secondary illness like chronic kidney disease, iron deficiency and multiple myeloma.
So far, the city has seen 1,562 positive swine flu cases and 42 deaths. Out of the 42, 15 are from Mumbai. On Monday, 18 new patients were tested positive for the virus out of which 7 have been admitted to hospitals and one of them is on ventilator.
The rise in temperature has given some hopes to doctors and health officials hoping they will see a decline in Swine flu cases. While health experts say that it is too early to get into conclusion, the daily Swine flu report by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) says otherwise.
Dr Om Shrivastav, director, infectious disease department in Jaslok Hospital mentions about genetic reassortment-one of the main mechanisms by which pandemic viruses emerge during influenza A coinfection. "We have to wait for another few weeks before we conclude about the changes in the virus. Presently, most of the H1N1 infections are seen in migrant population also. For example, in Delhi, it is still 15 deg cel temperature. If a person from Delhi comes to Mumbai, the huge temperature difference and humidity plays its role in progression of the disease," said Dr Shrivastav.
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