Two swine flu patients in serious condition in Pune

Pune, Aug 7 (PTI) Two men, including a doctor, suffering
from swine flu have been admitted in a serious condition in a
hospital here, taking the total number of cases in the city,
one of the worst-hit by the virus, to 120

A doctor, who works with Inlaks hospital in camp area
here in the western Indian state, was admitted to the ICU in
Sassoon General Hospital after he tested positive for the
virus, according to R R Pardeshi, civic medical officer.

Doctors attending on him have described his condition as
serious.

A 35-year-old Swine flu patient was Thursday night
admitted to the same hospital in a critical condition.

The patient, brought from private Nobel Hospital in
Hadapsar area, has been put on ventilator, Dr R R Pardeshi,
Civic Medical Officer, told PTI.

The patient was seen in civic Naidu Hospital on
Wednesday where this throat swabs were taken for H1N1 testing
and taken back to Nobel Hospital in an ambulance. After his
blood samples tested positive for swine flu at NIV Friday, he
was immediately taken to the isolation ward of Sassoon General
Hospital, Pardeshi said.

Dr Pardeshi said the patient had no information on
"contributory history" of infection, meaning there was no
known positive contact responsible for transmission.

A 14-year-old girl died of swine flu here on Monday,
becoming the first victim of the disease in India. PTI HBJ
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