7-month-old is Mumbai's third swine flu victim
A seven-month-old girl died of swine flu here on Tuesday, becoming the third casualty of the disease in the metropolis.
By TNN |
MUMBAI: A seven-month-old girl died of swine flu here on Tuesday, becoming the third casualty of the disease in the metropolis.
The baby had been admitted to the hospital on August 14 and tested positive for H1N1 two days later. She was put on Tamiflu obtained from the BMC, which decided to adopt a wait-and-watch approach. However, her condition deteriorated and she breathed her last just after midnight. The baby is Mumbai's third casualty and the country's youngest swine flu victim.
"The girl Modia Mohammad Shaikh, a resident of suburban Ghatkopar, died at the hospital early today," Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar told reporters.
The girl had been shifted to Kasturba hospital from a private hospital and her blood sample was sent to Haffkine institute for tests, Mhaiskar said.
This is the third death in Mumbai due to swine flu after Famida Panwala and another woman from neighbouring Thane succumbed to the virus at the Kasturba hospital.
The baby had been admitted to the hospital on August 14 and tested positive for H1N1 two days later. She was put on Tamiflu obtained from the BMC, which decided to adopt a wait-and-watch approach. However, her condition deteriorated and she breathed her last just after midnight. The baby is Mumbai's third casualty and the country's youngest swine flu victim.
"The girl Modia Mohammad Shaikh, a resident of suburban Ghatkopar, died at the hospital early today," Additional Municipal Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar told reporters.
The girl had been shifted to Kasturba hospital from a private hospital and her blood sample was sent to Haffkine institute for tests, Mhaiskar said.
This is the third death in Mumbai due to swine flu after Famida Panwala and another woman from neighbouring Thane succumbed to the virus at the Kasturba hospital.
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