Panic gripped the Godhanpur area in Surguja district after the suspected swine flu death of a woman.
The victim, a 40-year-old lady teacher, died on the midway to Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur. She was reportedly suffering from cough, cold and fever for past couple of days and was under treatment in a private hospital.
According to sources, since there was not much improvement in her health condition in the private hospital the teacher was taken to the district hospital. During treatment, the doctors of the district hospital suspected influence of H1N1 virus of Swine-flu and the patient was immediately referred to Apollo Hospital, Bilaspur. However, she died before reaching the hospital.
After the incident, civil surgeon Dr NK Pandey sent a team to Godhanpur to take stock of the situation.