Nashik: Swine flu has claimed three more
lives in Nashik, taking the city's toll in the dreaded
pandemic to 31.
Three patients - Ganga Nivrutti Adaksul (35), Akash
Ashrusha Kapse (33) and Heena Shaikh (14) of Nashik died of
swine flu, Nashik Civil Hospital's civil surgeon Assaram
Bhalsingh said.
Before shifting to Nashik Civil Hospital, the trio
were being treated in a private hospital for cold, fever and
cough, he said.
A suspected swine flu patient Magduma Shaikh, also a
resident of Nashik, died last night in the civil hospital,
following which her relatives damaged the hospital's
furniture, Bhalsingh said.
"She was earlier treated in a private hospital and
admitted to civil on Monday night in a serious condition," Dr
Bhalsingh said, adding her reports from Pune's NIV are yet
to received.
The health department has succeeded in controlling
swine flu in rural areas of the district, he said.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 14:33