Chhattisgarh reported the second death due to swine flu this year with a man from Raigarh succumbing to the H1N1 virus at a private hospital in Bilaspur on Monday night. The victim was an employee of Police Headquarters (PHQ) Raipur and was admitted to Apollo Hospital Bilaspur about a week ago.
He was being treated for swine flu and succumbed to the disease on Monday night. Director, Health Services, R Prasanna confirmed the death and said that 42 more samples of suspected swine flu patients were sent to National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), New Delhi on Tuesday.
According to sources, the victim was a resident of Seepat, Bilaspur and had gone to Raigarh . He was admitted to a private hospital after he fell unconscious about a week ago. The patient was referred to Apollo Hospital Bilaspur where he was being treated for swine flu. However, he had complained of problems in breathing on Monday evening and died during treatment.
This was the second fatality due to swine flu in the State with earlier one reported from Durg district a couple of days ago. As many as 161 samples of suspected swine flu patients have been sent to NCDC. Out of 83 reports received 22 patients have tested positive with H1N1 virus.
Prasanna said that adequate amount of Tami-flu is available including 5444 tablets of 75 mg, 319 tablets of 30 mg and 95 syrups. He said that screening of the patients and family members besides their neighbours is immediately performed once the influenza is confirmed. The suspected patients are also given medicines and there are four suspected patients under treatment in the isolation ward of Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital Raipur. Similar isolation wards have been established at CIMS, Bilaspur and other places.