Two more swine flu deaths,toll in Pimpri,city touches 19

Since April,in Pune,14,631 persons have been given Tamiflu while for Pimpri-Chinchwad the figure is 9,314.

Since April,in Pune,14,631 persons have been given Tamiflu while for Pimpri-Chinchwad the figure is 9,314.

With two more H1N1 deaths on Monday,the swine flu death toll climbed to 19 in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad since March this year. Diabetic Sandip Jadhav (38),a resident of Bhosari,died of swine flu at Niramaya Hospital in Chinchwad on Monday and Jayant Pathak (64),a resident of Dhankawadi,who suffered from diabetes and ischemic heart disease,also succumbed to the virus at Rao Nursing Home.

So far,10 swine flu deaths have been registered in Pune and nine in Pimpri-Chinchwad since March this year,civic officials told Newsline.

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Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) health officials said Pathak was admitted with respiratory problems to Rao Nursing Home on Pune-Satara Road on August 22. His throat swab samples confirmed swine flu infection on August 25 and after five days of hospitalisation Rao died around 3 pm on Monday.

According to PCMC health officials,Sandip Jadhav too was suffering from respiratory problems since August 16.

In Pune,14,631 persons have been given Tamiflu since April this year. Of the 1,890 swabs tested for H1N1 virus,210 were found positive.

As many as 36 persons suspected with the virus were admitted to various hospital in the city,of which six were positive. While 194 persons were discharged since April this year,two are still on ventilator.

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In Pimpri-Chinchwad,as many as 9,314 persons have been given Tamiflu tablets since April. Of the 205 swabs tested for the virus,50 were positive.

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