Mumbai, Aug 3rd: India on Monday registered its first swine flu death when a 14 year old girl in Pune succumbed to the disease, the government said. The teenager first felt unwell on July 21, complaining of a sore throat, runny rose and headaches. She was back to school on next day after her condition was improved. But later on July 25 she developed a fever and was admitted to a private clinic for treatment. She was put on ventilator in an ICU and was treated with the anti-viral drug Oseltamivir. Her condition deteriorated again with multi system involvement and expired on August 3.
The number of swine flu cases has topped 550 national wide. The ministry said 2,479 people have been tested for the flu so far, of whom 558 had tested positive for HINI. Of these, 470 have been discharged. Many of the cases involve people who have returned from abroad or those who have contacted with them. Pune has seen many swine flu cases in recent weeks. About 90 children were affected by what was described as an “influenza-like illness” which was reported in early July and several tested positive for HINI.
Kakinada, August 3rd: A proposal initiated by the government for the merger of Panchayats into nearby municipal corporations and municipal bodies did not receive the expected response. Representatives of these bodies not only responded negatively, but resolutions were also passed opposing the move ...
Hyderabad, Aug 4th: With allegations of irregularities in the results announced for admissions to IIITs, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGKUT) has decided to release the results once again within 10 days after carrying out necessary verifications. Parents and students stages p...
Hyderabad, Aug 4th: The state government has cancelled the Arogyasri scheme in 51 hospitals across the state as they reportedly indulged in malpractices, Another 22 hospitals have been kept under suspension for faking medical bills. The minister for Arogyasri, Mr. Pitani Satyanarayana placed the deta...
Hyderabad, Aug 4th: Following the death of a school girl in Pune due to the infection, the health officials in the state have asked schools and educational institutions to be on alert against swine flu. With the guidelines issued by the Union ministry of health and family welfare, the state officials...
Warangal, Aug 4th: A 20 year old degree completed girl was attacked by a jilted lover, who slit her hand with a sharp razor. The incident took place at Narsempeta town in the district on Tuesday afternoon. The victim intimated about the attack to her parents who were living in Ammenabad village in Ch...
Kakinada, Aug 4th: The East Godavari District collector, Mr. Gopala Krishna Dwivedi directed the district manager, Mr. G. Satyanarayana to issue show cause notices to all the engineers who were lagging behind the implementation of the Indiramma housing program. The collector observed that divisional ...
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