53-year-old woman dies of Swine Flu in Mumbai.Byline: ANI Mumbai, Aug.8 (ANI): A middle-aged Mumbai woman reportedly died of H1N1 flu infection on Saturday at the Kasturba Gandhi Kastürbā Gāndhi (April 11, 1869 – 22 February, 1944), affectionately called Ba, was the wife of Mohandas Gandhi. Born to wealthy businessman Gokuladas Makharji of Porbandar, Kasturba married Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) through hospital here, registering second death due to Swine Flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. in the country. Fifty three-year-old Famida Panwala's medical condition reportedly worsened on Friday night after which she was immediately shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU ICU intensive care unit. ICU abbr. intensive care unit ICU see intensive care unit. ICU ) ward of the Kasturba Gandhi hospital. She was admitted to Leelavati hospital initially and was shifted only Friday night at 11.00 p.m to Kasturba Gandhi hospital. "The cause of the death is not yet confirmed, as the patient was suffering from other complications as well," said Municipal Commissioner Jairaj Phatak. She was stated to suffering from diabetes and hypertension when she was admitted to the hospital. The patient was already critical before tests were conducted, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC (BMC Software, Inc., Houston, TX, www.bmc.com) A leading supplier of software that supports and improves the availability, performance, and recovery of applications in complex computing environments. ). On August 3, first death due to H1N1 flu infection was reported after a 14-year-old-girl from Pune succumbed to the deadly influenza. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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