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Swine flu travels from Delhi to Mumbai

The woman was admitted to Thane's private-run Jupiter Hospital after the BMC's health department played down the seriousness of the issue by treating her on OPD basis.

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Doctors have confirmed that the two Mulund-based residents who were recently detected with swine flu contracted it after travelling to Delhi for official work.

A 44-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man from Mulund had contracted the H1N1 virus one after the other after having travelled to Delhi and Rajkot two weeks ago. Although the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s health department played down the seriousness of the issue by stating that both the patients had been treated on out-patient department (OPD) basis, sources said that the woman was admitted to the private-run Jupiter Hospital in Thane. She was discharged after a 10-day-long haul in the hospital on Sunday.

“The woman had developed high grade fever edging to 103 degrees, excessive body ache and coughing. She did not respond to antibiotics for two days, so tamiflu treatment was started on basis of high suspicion that she might have contracted swine flu. The reports eventually confirmed her H1N1 positive,” said Dr Mahesh Lombar, physician at Jupiter Hospital. Her 31-year-old colleague also contracted the virus eventually and sought treatment on OPD basis at the same hospital.

On Saturday, BMC health officials confirmed that two new cases of H1N1 had been detected in February, with three cases being reported in 2013. “The patients are being treated on OPD basis and are doing fine,” said BMC epidemiologist Dr Mangala Gomare.

Even as only three cases have been detected in the city, doctors said all the three patients have a history of travelling to northern India. A majority of the 456 cases recorded in the country since January this year and as many as 91 deaths have been reported from Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Kashmir and Delhi.

BMC authorities in Mumbai have said that occurrences of swine flu in the city are sporadic. “There is no cause for alarm as the newly-detected patients are stable. The BMC is taking all precautions to prevent it from spreading,” said Gomare.

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