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Sunday, July 4, 2010

India : Pregnant woman dies of swine flu

Via Times of India :

" HYDERABAD: A 27-year-old pregnant woman died of swine flu on Saturday at Gandhi Hospital. Kareemunnisa, a resident of Santoshnagar and in the ninth month of her pregnancy, was admitted to Gandhi Hospital in a bad state on Friday night.

The state health officials said that Kareemunnisa was first rushed to Owaisi Hospital on Friday afternoon by her relatives. As she showed swine flu like symptoms, the doctors at Owaisi Hospital referred the case to Gandhi Hospital. Kareemunnisa who died in the wee hours of Saturday had a child and this was her second pregnancy. This is the fifth death due to swine flu since June this year."

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