One more person succumbed to Swine flu in Dehradun on Thursday. The number of the deaths due to swine flu in the State capital has now mounted to 14.
The latest victim of the disease is a four-year-old girl. The girl, a resident of Chinyalisaud in Uttarkahshi district, was admitted in Vaish nursing home on August 6. She succumbed to H1N1 virus on August 9 but the report of the sample from the National Centre of Disease Control (NCDC) arrived on Thursday in which she was found positive for the disease.
Meanwhile, one more patient suspected to be suffering from the disease also died but the report of her sample from NCDC is yet to arrive.
The district in-charge of integrated disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), Dr Puneet Chandra said that on the day two more patients, 32-year-old female and 9-yea-old male both residents of Dehradun were found suffering from the disease.
Dr Chandra said 75 cases have been found positive by the lab of IDSP in this year and out of them 46 are from Dehradun while remaining are from other districts and states. He said that 26 patients suspected to be suffering from the disease are at present undergoing treatment in different hospitals of Dehradun.
Eleven patients are admitted in Himalayan Institute Hospital Trust (HIHT), five in Synergy, four each in Vaish and Kailash hospital and two in associated hospital of Government Doon Medical College (GDMC). He further informed that the department has sent samples of 90 suspected patients to the NCDC for test of H1 N1 this month but reports of 27 samples are yet to arrive. It is worth mentioning here that 14 patients have succumbed to swine flu so far out of which nine are from Dehradun, two belonged to Pauri while one each belong to Haridwar and Uttarkashi.
Meanwhile four new cases of dengue were also reported by the health department on Thursday. Three of these patients are reported from Haridwar while one belongs to Dehradun.