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The city saw its first swine flu casualty for the year when a person, who was admitted in a hospital ten days ago died Monday afternoon.


Buzz up!According to Arvind Mathur, Head of the Department Medicine said, R K Soni a resident of Ratanada locality, was admitted to the hospital on Feb 4, under critical conditions, with symptoms of Pneumonia.


His swab was sent for the test to the microbiology division of the S N Medical College and the report declared him positive for swine flu.

After that, he was shifted to the isolation ward and was put on ventilator.

So far over a dozen swab samples have been sent to the lab but all of them have tested negative.

Mathur informed that though there is not a single patient admitted in the isolation ward, one patient has been brought from Jaitaran today morning with similar symptoms.

His swab has been sent to the laboratory, the report of which will come on Tuesday, he said.

The virus has resurfaced in the city after four months due to change in the climatic conditions. From Sep 2009 to Nov 2010, 88 persons, out of a total of 135 patients who tested positive, have lost their lives due to the flu in Jodhpur.

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JALANDHAR: A test report from National Institute of Communicable Diseases has confirmed that Kapurthala resident, Anand Kishor Sood, 42, who died at a private hospital on Tuesday, was suffering from H1N1.

Doctors had sent his samples for testing on the day he died. Health department got the report on Thursday. Nodal officer of integrated disease surveillance project of health department, Dr Deepak Bhatia, said that Sood had returned from Germany and was admitted in a hospital on Monday. He added that 30 persons, who had come in contact with the deceased in recent days, had been examined and given prophylactic treatment.

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Bacil Vanjare, 40, of Pimple Gurav, died of H1N1 virus (swine flu) at Sahyadri Munot Hospital on Monday. Doctors at the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) said a few random cases were likely to occur as this was the post-endemic phase.

While the throat swab sample was not sent to National Institute of Virology (NIV) for testing, a private laboratory, Religare, confirmed that it had tested positive for the H1N1 virus, said Dr Anil Roy, medical officer, PCMC.

Health authorities said Vanjare was suffering from fever and had experienced breathing trouble on February 16. He was admitted to More Hospital and was shifted to Sahyadri Munot Hospital on February 17. His throat swab was sent for tests and the sample tested positive for H1N1 virus on February 18.

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H1N1 bids adieu to city...

Dipti Barve Posted On Thursday, March 03, 2011 at 01:43:23 AM

The quarantine ward at Naidu Hospital is silent. The rooms are closed. The chairs in the Out Patient Department (OPD) are gathering dust. There are no N93 masks and Tamiflu tablets. This might seem like a dismal scene, but in reality, it means that the swine flu storm has passed.

Speaking to Pune Mirror, Dr Sudhir Patsute, resident medical officer of Naidu Hospital, designated centre of swine flu treatment said, “The prevalence of H1N1 has lowered significantly in the last three months.

There are a few cases which come from the surrounding rural parts of Pune city, but there is no significant change in the number of swine flu cases. Not a single patient has been admitted in the swine flu quarantine ward in the last 15 days.”

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For the first time since August 3, 2009, the day Pune reported India’s first swine flu death, the city experienced a relief from the H1N1 virus. In the last 15 days, no case of swine flu has been recorded in the city.

In fact, municipal health authorities say, that in the past three months, cases have become very rare. This, even as the city has recorded a remarkable rise in regular flu cases due to weather conditions.

Dr Roopchand Pardeshi, head of the health department of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) told Pune Mirror, “There has been no case of H1N1 recorded in the city in the last fortnight.



(Top) The quarantine ward at Naidu Hospital lies empty as does the outpatient department

PMC is taking all the necessary measures to control the spread of the H1N1 virus. It is a really positive sign that cases of swine flu have decreased in the past three months. This is a big relief for Pune city which has gone through the havoc of H1N1 for almost two years since May, 2009.”

Even private hospitals, which were roped into the treatment of swine flu have not found positive cases of swine flu in the last fortnight. Dr Prashant Mogalikar, medical superintendent of Jehangir Hospital told Pune Mirror, “We have not found positive cases of swine flu in the last two weeks.

There have been a few cases where we suspected swine flu, but none of them turned out to be positive. We have not closed our H1N1 ward yet as per government orders, but cases have become very rare in the city.”

City doctors also admitted that H1N1 appears to have left Pune. Dr Dilip Sarda, city president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) said, “The spread of the H1N1 virus has reduced a lot due to herd immunity which had developed among people who were infected with H1N1 in the past.

Also, many citizens started taking the swine flu vaccine. As a result, swine flu has decreased a lot in the past three months. Though general flu cases are rising because of climatic conditions, there are no cases of H1N1 at present.”

Swine flu is gripping the city, creating a panic among the health authorities as well as the city residents as 30 patients with suspected symptoms approached the city hospitals out of which 17 tested positive for the disease.

Out of these 17 patients, five belong to the city. Of the 10 deaths that have been reported due to swine flu, four deceased belonged to the Ludhiana district while others belonged to other areas of the state.

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Swine flu cases continue to rise in Delhi


PTI, Mar 25, 2011, 09.24pm IST


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NEW DELHI: Swine flu cases continue to rise in the city as another three swab samples tested positive for the H1N1 virus taking the total number of people affected by the virus to five.

"Another three swab samples tested positive for H1N1 virus. Last week two cases of swine flu were reported from different hospitals. With this the total number of people infected till now has risen to five," Dr Debashish Bhattacharya, Delhi nodal officer for H1N1 said.


Though no death due to the virus has been reported yet, all health officials and workers have ben asked to take precautionary measures to avoid any outbreak.

"Moderate temperature and humidity is highly conducive for the spread of the virus. Summers are here and humidity levels are high during this time. People should exercise caution," a doctor with a hospital here said.

Dr Bhattacharya, however, said that department is well equipped with medications to combat the threat of swine flu.

Swine flu cases were first reported in the city in the year 2009. Till now, over 10,000 swine flu cases have been reported here and 150 people have died due to deadly virus.

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PUNE: After a gap of 40 days, a person tested positive for swine flu on April 5. "The man, an IT professional from Koregaon Park and working at the Hinjewadi IT park, recovered after appropriate medication," said R R Pardeshi, head of the PMC's health department.

The patient suffered flu-like symptoms and was admitted to Jehangir hospital on April 4. The throat swab sample, which was sent to the National Institute of Virology (NIV), tested positive for the H1N1 influenza the next day. "As the virus has entrenched itself like a seasonal flu virus, one or two cases are likely to be found every month. There is no need to panic," said state epidemiologist Pradip Awate. Since April 2010, 525 people have succumbed to H1N1 infection in the state.

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Date: Mon 2 May 2011
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Spurt in Pneumonia cases in summer surprises docs
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City paediatricians are surprised by the rise in the last 3 months in
cases of pneumonia, a respiratory illness they usually don't see until
winter. The number of cases being reported at several children's
hospitals in the city now is similar to that seen in the flu season in
November and December. On Sunday [1 May 2011], at the Dr MS
Ramakrishna Memorial Endowment Oration and talk on protocols and
problem-solving in paediatrics, Dr S K Kabra, paediatric
pulmolonologist from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, said
the lung infection, which is curable, kills 1.6 million children,
including 140 000 Indian children, every year.

The incidence of the illness has been increasing several fold in the
past few years. Doctors at the Kanchi Kamakoti Childs Trust Hospital,
which organised the lecture, couldn't agree more. Between March 2010
and March 2011, they saw a 2-fold increase in the number of children
with pneumonia at the hospital. In the past year, 296 children were
detected with pneumonia. "We see at least 3 cases every week in the
hospital. That's how much we saw in peak winter last year. In most
cases, the lung infection is community-acquired," said Dr Janani
Sankar, senior consultant, Kanchi Kamakoti Child Trust Hospital.

There are no studies to point out scientific reasons for the sudden
spurt this summer. Doctors say the change in holiday patterns and
summer camps where children are in close contact with one other could
be one reason for the high infection rate. They are most likely to
catch the infection in crowded places where children inhale these
bacteria or virus in the air. Another reason could be the sudden rain
during summer. "Summer showers along with high temperatures make
children more vulnerable to viral and bacterial infections," says Dr
A. Parthasarathy, Professor of Paediatrics, MGR Medical College.

Community-acquired pneumonia is preventable. Immunization against
Hib, pneumococcus, measles and whooping cough is the most effective
way to prevent pneumonia. Even if children get it they can be cured in
3 days with simple antibiotics. Some would rarely require treatment at
intensive care unit. "Fortunately, we don't have drug-resistant
pneumonia. Simple antibiotics can cure it," Dr Kabra said.

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[In the absence of laboratory diagnostics it is difficult to assess
this report. Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can cause
mild to severe illness in people of all ages. Signs of pneumonia can
include coughing, fever, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, rapid breathing or
shortness of breath, chills, or chest pain. Adults 65 years of age or
older and children less than 5 years of age are particularly at risk.

The causes of pneumonia are diverse. The most common bacterial cause
of pneumonia (in North America) is _Streptococcus pneumoniae_
(pneumococcus) and the most common viral causes are influenza virus,
adenovirus, parainfluenza virus, and respiratory syncytial virus. In
children less than 1 year of age, respiratory syncytial virus is the
most common cause of pneumonia.

The pneumonia cases in Chenai appear to have responded to antibiotic
therapy and apparently are not winter-weather related, features that
favour a bacterial infection causation for the Chenai outbreak.
Viruses that have frequently been isolated from children in India
include influenza virus, parainfluenza virus, human metapneumovirus,
respiratory syncytial virus and human bocavirus. Some or all of these
viruses could be involved. Indeed patients are often co-infected by
combinations of these viral pathogens. Many respiratory virus
infections tend to be winter-related, of such viruses human bocavirus
is probably the least seasonal.

Further information is awaited concerning the etiology of the
outbreak and its geographical extent.

Chenai (formerly Madras) has a population of 4 million plus
inhabitants and is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. The HealthMap/
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A 60-year-old man has been admitted to the Nashik Civil Hospital for a suspected swine flu infection after he developed breathing problem.

Hospital authorities said that presently he was on ventilator and samples have been sent to laboratory in Pune to ascertain if it was a case of swine flu.

Govind D Tandale was admitted to the general ward of the hospital on May 16, and considering the symptoms he was shifted to a special ward yesterday.

Authorities assured that there was no swine flu “epidemic” in the city.

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